tOK I know these are supposed to be kid books but they are awesome! Great pictures and just enough text to make you want to learn more. Great choices for a beginning reader or to start an older reader out in a new area. Every time I pick one of these up and read it I learn new things. Highly Recommended

Stuff I learned: viviparous = (adj) giving birth to live young; plastron (bottom) and carapace (top) are the two parts of a turtle shell; Jacobson's Organ is an organ in snakes and lizards near the front of their mouth that "smells" and "tastes" chemical particles in the air; lizards' tails can only be broken off at the vertebrae - they can not be broken off over and over again in the same spot unless it is farther up the lizard's body; there are four orders of reptiles: turtles and tortoises, crocodiles and alligators, snakes and lizards, and tuataras (2 species found in New Zealand); "prehensile" means it can grasp - it is usually used to describe a tail (like a lizard or monkey); I wish there were more on venomous snakes.

October 2019 - Ben and I browsed our way through this over several nights. He's really fascinated with lizards, especially.

a great resource for children, bold and striking pictures, and well researched information

This is a “new edition with wall chart” 2023 version of the “Reptile” book from the DK Eyewitness range of books. In it you can “uncover the lives of lizards, the tactics of tortoises, and the secrets of snakes”.

It starts with a section on What is a reptile / What is not a reptile which is a good place to start, differentiating amphibians from reptiles. It is very Interesting along the way, especially with the many high-quality colour photos that supplement the book, my favourite two photos being that of the world’s smallest known reptile, the nano-chameleon from Madagascar which is around 22mm and is shown on a person’s finger/thumb for context (although the photo is rather disappointedly repeated later in the book although the other photos do feature just once each I believe) and a photo of a “Florida worm lizard” which looks exactly like a worm.

As well as the photos there is plenty of textual content covering everything you’d expect and want. There are plenty of good facts within also, like “prehistoric turtles could be as big as a car”, and “the tip of the chameleon’s tongue accelerates up to five times faster than a fighter jet.”

Of course, it ends on a sobering note: “Over 20 per cent of reptiles are threatened with extinction. They face many threats, including hunting and habitat loss, which is especially harmful for reptiles who only live on certain islands and have nowhere else to go.” The book includes a photo of Lonesome George, the last ever Pinta Island tortoise to show at least one now extinct species.

Overall, a quality, educational and well-presented book. 5-stars.
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40 - 2021

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This book is full of colorful, real life pictures. It gives an in depth look at reptiles and educates students on their characteristics, history, behavior and habitats. The pictures themselves are so perfectly selected that even though this book has a vast amount of text, the reader could learn from the pictures alone, which is a great attribute to have for my ELL students. It includes bits of trivia, facts and fun information. The mix of facts and fun makes it intriguing and approachable for all readers.

If you love books about scaly wet creatures, check this book out because this book is about one of my favorite animals named reptiles. We get to see many of our reptilian friends and what they do on a regular basis.So if you want to know about the worlds most cold-blooded animals read this book.

I read about dangerous reptiles. The pictures of the snakes and lizards scared Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Ocheltree and Mrs. Gilmore. Emilio

it was awesome it tells you every thing you will ever need to know about some reptiles i give it a 10/10 one of the best books i have ever read