Woodpecker Wham!

Reviewed by: Joanne Libby - Freeport Community Library, f, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 25, 2015

Review

Steve Jenkins' illustrations make this a visually stunning book. The text is 4 lines of rhyming words that correspond to the woodpecker doing some activity during the year. I found the text to be clever, but not easy to read aloud, almost choppy at times. I had to read some twice to get the pronunciations right to rhyme. The best part of this book besides the illustrations is the 6-page addendum where you can see the pictures and names of 6 woodpeckers and learn about their behaviors and habitats. I included grades 4-6 as audience because this addendum would provide facts for an elementary school aged child who is writing a report about woodpeckers.

Overall Book Score: very good