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Some great websites for more information on snakes:
Enchanted Learning - Snakes
Click here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/painting/snakes.shtml
Kids' Planet: Defenders of Wildlife
Click here: www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/snakes.html
PBS/Nature
Click here: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-reptiles-snakes/introduction/2908/
Here's a really short cute video of 7-year-old Kevin's review of Slithery Snakes.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byzECaSmR9Q
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byzECaSmR9Q
Some reviews...
School Library Journal. Gr 2-4–Floating on a colorful, realistic, double-page painting of patterned skin, a black text box offers clues to the snake’s identity, and it is up to readers to name the species. Fortunately for unfledged herpetologists, the following spread presents the entire snake in full color, carefully placed in its habitat. Each bright revelation is accompanied by a more detailed paragraph of information. The nine species range from the familiar (the coast garter snake) to the expected (the eastern diamondback rattlesnake) to the exotic (Schinz’s beaked snake). Accompanying this colorful array is an introductory page of “Fun Snake Facts,” another discussing snakes in general, a glossary of “Fun Snake Words,” and a brief list of adult titles. Team this with Laurence Pringle’s nifty Snakes!: Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills, 2004) and/or Gail Gibbons’s exuberant Snakes (Holiday House, 2007) for a session of scaly speculation. –Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
This oversize informational picture book will thrill those who like their scaly beasts large and up close, while those less enamored might be intrigued by the dazzling patterns and vibrant colors of their scales, artistically featured throughout. Nine diverse types of snakes are portrayed via double-page spreads filled with a likeness of the scales, the question “Can you guess what kind of snake this is?” and information providing further clues to the snake’s identity. Flipping the page reveals a startling colored-ink portrait filling both pages, with the coiled figure looming large in its natural habitat and a medium-sized paragraph of text placed discreetly to the side. Those represented, from many parts of the world, harmless and deadly, large and small (though they all appear large on the page), appear to have been chosen mostly for the interesting aspects of their scales. Still, it’s an informative package and an enticing introduction to the indeed-quite-slithery world of snakes.— Randall Enos BOOKLIST