Review: The ABCs of snakes
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
"SNAKES" is from the enjoyable and educational "Amazing Animal Kingdom Series".  It opens with questions to draw the reader into the world of snakes: "Could you imagine only having a head and body but no arms and legs?  How would you open a bag of potato chips?"There are so many facts here that everyone is sure to learn something.  Did you know that snakes have between 200 and 400 vertebrae and pairs of ribs?  The spinal structure and the scales allow them to travel on land in four ways:  concertina, serpentine, sidewinding, and caterpillar.  Of course, some snakes can glide in the air or swim in the water.From the ABCs of anacondas, boas. and cobras, the reader learns all about snakes.  The book ends, appropriately, with discussion of endangered species, such as the Ramsay's python.Children and adults both will enjoy and learn from this book.