ISBN: 9781406312577
Pages: 32
Age Level: Early Childhood 0-6 / Middle Childhood 7-12
Genre: Non Fiction
Rating: 5 stars
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Nicola Davies uses a non-fiction narrative style to tell the story of the Big Blue Whale,using language that younger children can understand. She also includes little snippets of facts (in bold and a different font to stand out) within most of the pages that add to the story unfolding.
Like any good non-fiction book it includes an index at the back. This has been presented in a way for children learning about non-fiction book layout to understand, and includes a reminder to look at both kinds of words within the book - the story and the facts.
Nick Malland's illustrations have been done in a background of muted tones with the main image being in black ink using a variety of fill techniques. They are simple and yet quite stunning. The images of a young boy and girl (the narrators?) have been used throughout the book to give an indication of size, and shows just how big the Blue Whale is.
This book is perfect as a read-aloud for pleasure with your child or to explain about the largest whale around. It is also a brilliant teaching tool for use with non-fiction narrative, and descriptive text. I have been asked to purchase a selection of this Nature Storybooks series as they are particularly useful to the teachers of our year 3 & 4 students.
I got my copy of Big Blue Whale from the Taradale Primary School library where I work.
You can find a copy at Napier Libraries.
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