Review: A very basic introduction to snakes for the youngest of readers
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
As usual I received this book for free for the purposes of review; this time from the author directly. Despite this kindness I give my scrupulously honest opinion below.In a nutshell and quite obviously, this is a very brief and very simple book about snakes. The content is appropriate for any age but only the very youngest readers will find this worthwhile. Book formatting runs along pretty simple lines with a picture at the top of each page and a paragraph of text under it.On the positive side, the book is completely accessible. Even if your child has never seen a snake before in their lives this book will make sense. It assumes nothing about the potential reader and begins at the very beginning.To the negative side, the pictures in this book are pretty tiny. You enlarge them on your Kindle by holding your finger over the photo for a second until a menu pops up allowing you to 'zoom' but sadly once you do this the photo just becomes blurry and suffers significantly. Lastly, the writing is reasonably professional though it does have a tendency to interrupt itself in the middle of a sentence with another sentence "wait, what?!" which might be confusing to newer readers.In summary, this is a good little book to have around but it does have a few foibles. It'll certainly keep at least one child entertained for a few minutes while you cook dinner. All the books in this series, at least in my experience, are of almost identical quality so make your selection based on your favorite animal; you'll get the same basic idea no matter what. The series is very consistent.