My Body

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Every living creature has a body. Some bodies are different shapes and sizes, but, are just right for the living thing that has that body. This delightful nonfiction picture book encourages young learners to make connections between the type of body they have and the type of body other creatures have. Fish body: is this your body? Tall body: is this your body? Beautiful full color photographs across the page bring the message to life with six simple words of darkly bolded, nicely spaced, easy to read text. A book designed to help young readers begin to engage with text as they think about the question being asked and compare and contrast the various possibilities. Young students will be rolling with laughter as they begin to imagine how life would be different if their own body was like that of a fish, or a turtle or even a giraffe. A world of possibilities opens up as each child might take on the role of another creature and attempt to swim around the room, stretch tall like the giraffe or move slowly like the turtle. Learning is all about connecting the information we know with the information that we need to learn. Young children require an abundance of background knowledge, experiences and vocabulary on which to base any learning. This book helps them to make simple easy to understand connections. Written with only 54 words in a repetitive sentence format this book is considered a leveled B guided reading book based on the guidelines by Fountas and Pinnell. Additional titles in this All About My Body series are: My Ears, My Nose, My Eyes, My Hands and Feet and My Mouth. The entire series is written at the same reading level will appeal to all the nonfiction lovers., Children's Literature