It Has Eight Legs!
From the Set How Many Legs?
To some, anything with eight legs is a nightmare! But, to many young children, these creepy crawly creatures are endlessly fascinating. In this fun and colorful volume, beginning readers encounter many animals they know and some they don't, all while counting their legs to ensure eight are present! Simple sentences are accompanied by full-color photographs that correlate directly to the image, aiding reading fluency and word recognition through repetition. A concluding question asks readers to apply what they've learned.
SLJ Review of How Many Legs?
Critters both cute and creepy fill the pages of these nonfiction books, ideal for animal-loving emerging readers. The ticks and spiders in It Has Eight Legs are far different from the horse and alligator in It Has Four Legs, but with beautiful close-up photographs readers will see that though animals may look very different, they still have much in common. The gorilla and robin in It Has Two Legs are joined by none other than a person—a great reminder that we’re part of this wild kingdom, too. Repetition and picture clues help striving readers decipher the uncommon words, like “crayfish” and “millipede” in It Has Lots of Legs. Each book wraps with a section asking readers “Which animal has [the book’s number of] legs?” followed by a photo set of four different animals, allowing readers to practice the counting concept introduced in the text. VERDICT Not a necessary purchase, but these titles have value in classroom libraries.