This is one of my favorite children's books. Many of my students read fiction. While I am a lover of fiction, I also value allowing children to explore the world. I find teachers assign a lot of fiction books for homework. Yet, I have never heard of a teacher who balances fiction with nonfiction. Reading nonfiction is incredibly important because nonfiction develops student’s vocabulary outside of fictional stories. After all, later on the students will have to be successful in biology, history, chemistry, and physics courses. Why not develop their vocabularies in these topic areas early on?
National Geographic 125 True Stories of Amazing Animals is a fun nonfiction book that teaches readers about animals. I must admit the book is even entertaining to many adults, including myself. In this book, readers learn about the eccentricities of animals, like a bison that lives with a human family and thinks it's human. Or a cat that steals gloves. Or a bird that scared a burglar out of the house. Here, children learn about the potential of animals, including their unique physical capabilities (like heightened senses), their intelligence, their ability to feel emotions, and their crafty ways of solving problems. Readers can learn that animals have many talents. Some of which are shocking.
National Geographic 125 True Stories of Amazing Animals is also an excellent read to familiarize students with the different types of animals. For example, they can learn about orangutans, goats, otters, thornback rays, bison and other animals readers may not be very familiar with. The book is also packed with adorable pictures that help readers visualize the animal heroes of every true story. Readers get to indulge in seeing some humorous pictures like a bison standing inside a man's kitchen, while the man reads the paper. If you pick up a copy of National Geographic 125 True Stories of Amazing Animals, tell me what you think.
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