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Magic Readers
Bears ~ Level 1
With familiar word patterns, short sentences, and full-spread illustration-enhanced photographs, beginning readers are introduced to the grizzly bear. Children starting to understand how letters and sounds go together will build confidence as they recognize repeated words and learn new words. Helpful labels on photographs provide visual cues for new vocabulary.Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Magic Readers is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
24 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2014
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December 6, 2017
Shucks, I was disappointed in this whole series of non-fiction titles. I had been looking forward to suggesting them for kids at my library, but instead, it's going to be a hard pass for me.
It seemed like the author didn't fully do her homework when it came to the book's content and relied on traditional common beliefs and misconceptions when putting together this book. Unfortunately, this is true of all three books in this series Bears, Bears Eat and Grow, and Bears in the Mountains. I realize this books should be less complex because it is written for beginning readers, but if authors are writing non-fiction books for kids I would think we'd give children the courtesy of not oversimplifying or just providing longstanding beliefs people have had about bears. That just puts false background information in their mind and is unhelpful later.
Black bears, Grizzly bears, and Brown bears do not hibernate in the true sense all winter. Bears go into a deep sleep during the winter months, known as torpor. Unlike other animals that hibernate, the bear's body temperature does not drop to match that outside temperature. They also still have the ability to wake up quickly and easily if they hear a loud noise or are touched.
The book says that bears cannot climb trees. Black bears are notoriously good at climbing trees and Grizzlies, too, can climb – perhaps not as quickly, but they have been known to attack people who climbed trees to escape.
Finally, this book says that bears cannot see very well. However, Bears are reported to have similar eyesight to humans and excellent night vision.
Adding insult to injury were the accompanying illustrations. The images inside are an unappealing and odd combination of poorly photoshopped watercolor and photo clip art. It just looks really weird.
In this case, I would not recommend these titles.
It seemed like the author didn't fully do her homework when it came to the book's content and relied on traditional common beliefs and misconceptions when putting together this book. Unfortunately, this is true of all three books in this series Bears, Bears Eat and Grow, and Bears in the Mountains. I realize this books should be less complex because it is written for beginning readers, but if authors are writing non-fiction books for kids I would think we'd give children the courtesy of not oversimplifying or just providing longstanding beliefs people have had about bears. That just puts false background information in their mind and is unhelpful later.
Black bears, Grizzly bears, and Brown bears do not hibernate in the true sense all winter. Bears go into a deep sleep during the winter months, known as torpor. Unlike other animals that hibernate, the bear's body temperature does not drop to match that outside temperature. They also still have the ability to wake up quickly and easily if they hear a loud noise or are touched.
The book says that bears cannot climb trees. Black bears are notoriously good at climbing trees and Grizzlies, too, can climb – perhaps not as quickly, but they have been known to attack people who climbed trees to escape.
Finally, this book says that bears cannot see very well. However, Bears are reported to have similar eyesight to humans and excellent night vision.
Adding insult to injury were the accompanying illustrations. The images inside are an unappealing and odd combination of poorly photoshopped watercolor and photo clip art. It just looks really weird.
In this case, I would not recommend these titles.
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