Fascinating book. Loads of info on some of the earth's largest animals. I Think it would make a fine addition to an animal book collection for grade schoolers. Illustrations were really good.

Thanks for the chance to read this book in exchange for honest feedback. I absolutely loved the graphics/illustrations in this book. I think the layout and text content is appropriate for the age/reading level in this book. I think the shining element of this book, however, is the graphics. They are so engaging and very high quality. I would suggest to animal lovers or kids that are into science.

The illustrations in this book are absolutely lovely. My personal favorites were the ostrich and the picture of the tortoise having a snack with a cute face.

The facts are all simple and engaging, and I like that they are told from a first person perspective.

Very nice book!

This is a fact filled book with nice illustrations. I appreciated the consistent format throughout the book. I enjoyed reading it aloud to my 4 year old son. He sat with me for about half the book before leaving to play, but he returned a few minutes later asking to “read about more large animals.” His favorite section was the Komodo Dragon. We both learned some interesting facts about the various animals.

I was surprised by the use of the word “enemy” rather than “predator” which seems more on par with the level of language used in the rest of the book.

A welcome return for this series which brings to our young attentions nine superlative animals, in classy ways, and again the only quibble will be the fact there is no explanation of evolution to show how and why these critters are superlative. Anyway. Starting with the giraffe, we get a double-page portrait of the relevant beast, then a spread of factoids, close-ups, and databanks of their range, speed, natural predators, and so on, before a third page of illustrated captions providing more interesting details. All of this is in an unusual first person, as if the giraffe (or komodo dragon, or colossal squid or whatever) is addressing us directly, but it still allows us to learn a lot. I had no idea the knobs on a giraffe's head showed which gender it is through being hairy or not. Said komodo dragon can eject its entire stomach contents to lighten the load if an escape is necessary. It's not all trivia, though, and with the class of the painted illustrations being more scientific than you might expect, this remains a hit. A strong four stars.

This is a very cute book about some really large animals! Information about each animal is laid out with short facts and descriptions near the appropriate picture. So many fun facts from size, what they eat, where they live, who their predators are, and so many more!

I wish we had an expanded version of this as a fun guide for my kids when visiting the zoo.

I really enjoyed this book. Firstly, the illustrations are just beautiful, and although this is a non-fiction book I think the illustrations would be extremely engaging for children. I liked the way the information was presented in small chunks around the page, rather than being in one large piece of text. This would make the book more accessible for young students and for children who are intimidated when they see lots of writing on the page. Also, the illustrations are used to demonstrate the text, so non-readers could also get something out of the this book. I could easily read this to a class, but I could see it being used independently by students from ages 6 - 10 and beyond. It would be an absolute hit in any classroom.