Katie Hesterman
Auteur de A Round of Robins
Œuvres de Katie Hesterman
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 30
- Popularité
- #449,942
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 4
Recommended age: 6-8 years
Writing style: A Round of Robins is poetry. The book consists of 16 poems in a variety of styles. Some are short, a mere three lines, while others are longer stanzas. This is definitely a book you will need to read to a child. It uses difficult vocabulary, like incubate, clutch, brood, and rustle.
Lexile score: AD620L
Decoding difficulty: 4/5
Vocabulary difficulty: 5/5
Sentences difficulty: 4/5
Patterns difficulty: 5/5
Illustration style: Colorful, warm, muted images. They are often described as candy-colored. The birds are anthropomorphized, which I didn't like, though it adds to the playfulness and emotions of the various scenes. For instance, a robin, when learning to fly, looks nervous while another robin encourages it forward. Some people may like this; others won't.
Reality-based: Yes. This is a nonfiction book about the lifecycle of robins.… (plus d'informations)