"Everything Big Cats" by Elizabeth Carney
This book is all about cats, duh! From tigers, leopards, lions, and jaguars, even to the smaller cats like pumas and even house cats! It has beautiful photographs throughout the whole book and captivating words and little "did you know?" pop-ups on the sides too! The book talks about a liger and a tigon, which I didn't know that they both existed. It talks about the use of their fur color and how they hunt. There's even some little quizzes you can take and a "find the cat" page where you look for the animal hiding with its camouflaged fur!
Evaluation:
I believe that the target age for this book would be about upper elementary-low middle due to the amount of vocabulary on the pages, even with some of them being explained. I do believe the younger children will love the colorful and captivating photographs that are throughout the book, but when it comes to the read, definitely a bit older. I was absolutely intrigued by this book, probably because I am a cat lover myself! I found some of it very intriguing and I didn't actually know a lot of the facts mentioned in here! There was about one to two paragraphs per page but there were also little bubbles all around the pages and with the pictures of some facts about the animal. I think some of the words are complicated, so middle school age would probably understand it more through some of those words, but I think upper elementary would still enjoy it. The little "pop-up" facts are an adorable addition to the book, and keeps the reader interested instead of just going off in a bunch of paragraphs. I also like how it switches to all different cats too, there is even a photo gallery set of pages with just some facts and then a bunch of cat pictures! It really is beautiful and might I say, so adorable! I think this is a good topic for children, seeing as they do like the cuddly part of cats and I'm sure any child would love to have had a giant tiger at some point in their lives! I definitely think the photographs are what really draw the reader in and they make a huge different in the book itself!
Mischief Managed.
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