Penny Clarke

This book is jam-packed with facts and trivia about all kinds of snakes found around the world. Using illustrations, photographs, and text, the book explains all facets of a snake's life from laying eggs to shedding skin to catching prey. The book features "special x-ray vision," which is basically holding pages up to the light to see what's on the reverse side. It's well done though so that one side will have a snake's skin while the reverse page will have a snake's bones. When held to the light, you can see both pictures to get a clearer picture of what a snake looks like inside and outside. It's a little gimmicky, but it's a pretty neat trick. The boys in my kindergarten class loved this book so much that it became a bit problematic because they fought over it!… (more)