Meet a Baby Lemur

Reviewed by: Patti Francis - Pownal Elementary School, Pownal, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 13, 2016

Review

Meet a Baby Lemur, part of the Lightning Bolt Books, Baby African Animals series, is an interesting expository informational text that is perfect for elementary readers. It covers the life-cycle of a lemur from birth to adulthood. The bold headings, vivid photographs (taken from several different sources), informative text boxes and short simple sentences, filled with useful facts are ideal for young researchers. The text includes several facts that are framed with the young reader in mind. “Each baby lemur measures about 4 inches (10 cm) long, smaller than your hand. Their parents are about 17 inches (43 cm) long. That is the size of a house cat.” Other nonfiction features included in the this book are table of content, subject headings, text boxes, diagram, glossary, index and biography. In writing this book, Bell consulted with animal expert Dr. Mark C. Andersen from the Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology at New Mexico State University and Lemur expert, Chris Smith from Duke Lemur Center.

Both the fascinating content and reading level are a perfect fit for the youngest researchers. Recommend for students kindergarten to 2nd grade.

Overall Book Score: very good