Nonfiction Readers 5: Terror in the Tropics
9781433348983
Terror in the Tropics is an expository text about plants and animals that live in the tropics including snap traps, pitcher plants, sundews, stinging nettle trees, deadly flowers, frogs, jaguars, spiders, snakes, leeches, nocturnal animals, piranhas, and lizards. The style is informative and conversational.
The book has a Contents and is divided into sections with headings. The text is composed of a variety of sentence types. Captioned photographs, diagrams, lists, tables, maps, and fact boxes support the text and add meaning. An index is provided.
New terminology such as carnivores, humidity, and treacherous, is are defined in context and in the glossary.
This title is from the TIME® for Kids: Nonfiction Readers series from Teacher Created Materials. Build your school bookroom or classroom library with dynamic and engaging nonfiction readers.
