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I can imagine having spent a lot of time with a book like this between 3rd and 5th grades. Davies is in good form as the zoologist giving me the clear facts about predators and venoms, including how each animal would be dangerous to humans as well as its more natural prey. Layton's illustrations pro...
An entertaining, informative look at predators of all kind.
Just to start I have to say how annoyed I am at the informational book titles with the exclamation mark. I can imagine the editors' meeting: "Hmmm. Dolphin baby just doesn't sound interesting enough--how about 'Dolphin Baby!'" It's like they're apologizing for presenting an uninteresting topic. The ...
I discover the amazing Nicola Davies for the first time this year when I read her Cybils nominee Dolphin Baby. Davies wows me with her writing. Dolphin Baby is wonderful.Then what do I learn? Not one Nicola Davies title is up for the Cybils nonfiction picture book award but two! How can they do this...
I'm a school librarian but I really didn't know much about Nicola Davies until the literacy coordinator at my school started raving about what a great writer she is. With all that, I still never took the time to read one of her books until Dolphin Baby appeared at my door as one of the Cybils nomine...
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