North American River Otter

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 8, 2017

Review

Beautiful, full-page illustrations are the star in this informational text about river otters of North America. Attractive design for K-3 readers (ages 5-8) with clear text, one or two fact bubble per page, all legible and cleanly set apart from the photo or text. There are plenty of facts to allow a lower elementary student to use this book for a report or to satisfy a curious reader. End matter includes a "Science Lab" page that invites the reader to draw a picture of an otter and label its parts, "Science Words," with photographs to further illustrate the vocab, and an index and bibliography for further reading. A well-crafted nonfiction book.

Overall Book Score: very good