Review: Soft Shells, Flippers and Beaks
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
I have several of Kay de Silva's books in her "Our Amazing World Series".  This is one of my favorites.This book is filled with factoids about sea turtles. However, what makes this book are the captioned photos.  Most of the photos are sharp and colorful.  I never realized sea turtles came in such a variety of colors.The book begins with some general information regarding sea turtles (habitat, anatomy, senses, feeding) and then offers detailed information on a couple of the species.It ends with the author asking for help to protect the sea turtles' habitats.I viewed this on a 17" screen using both the Kindle App for PC, the Cloud Viewer and an iPad with the following results:KINDLE FOR PC: the illustrations seem small for a children's book and cannot be enlarged (about 1/3 of a page). You can see the concept title, photograph and concept factoids on one page.CLOUD READER: Even with the smallest font and the largest margin, I cannot get the title, photo and factoid paragraph on the same page. It usually took three pages per concept. However, by manipulating the margin size the photo can be enlarged to fit most of the screen, which allows the reader to see the rich detail in the photographs.iPAD: While reading the story the illustration fills about 1/4 of the page, however to see more all you need to do is tap the picture and it will enlarge to fill the entire screen, (enlarged photo best scene on landscape orientation). In Portrait orientation almost all Concept "chapters" can be seen on one page. In landscape orientation it normal takes two pages.This book has a clickable table of contents.I recommend this book.