Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon

Animals Nobody Loves Reviews

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  Genie

  This book is about the animals truly nobody loves, including cockroaches and rats! However, it is a book that one cannot put down due to its up-close and vivid photographs of each animal.
  
  This book was sitting in a corner of my library and no one had touched it. However, once I did a main idea/supporting details read aloud with one of the animals, my students were lining up to borrow it during independent reading time.
  
  Seymour Simon instantly draws readers in with the photographs and writes so clearly that young children can understand the text. This book truly is an informational text as it uses very descriptive language and provides facts regarding these animals that truly nobody would love.
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  Amanda

  A great nonfiction read about the creepy animals nobody loves! I really like to use this when I teach persuasive writing.
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  Jcraig2

  Book Title: Animals Nobody Loves
  Author/Illustrator: Seymour Simon
  Reading Level: MG
  Book Level: 5.0
  Book Summary:
  This book is a non-fiction text about animals that are misunderstood.
  
  Bookshelf Mentor Writing Trait:
  Organization- This text is a great book to use as a mentor text for Organization, specifically for description. The facts listed and the pictures and information help students to get a clear picture about the animals that nobody likes. I would read this book to help students understand that writers use a lot of details and great descriptive words to help their readers understand topics of even change their minds on topics they thought they knew about. This text would be a great addition along with an expository writing assignment. Students would then show how being descriptive in their writing can help their readers develop a clear picture of the what the piece of writing is about and how to use their writing to challenge their readers' thinking
  Other suggestions:
  One other way this book could be used is to mentor word choice. You could read this book with students and then have students write their own VERY descriptive paragraph about an animal and have the other students in class guess which animal their classmate was writing about before they reveal what animal it is. This would help students to see that readers can visualize what they are describing when they use very specific and descriptive words to paint a picture as a writer.
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  Barbara

  The amazing, dramatic, and colorful pictures in this book will draw you in, and the fun facts about each animal will keep you turning pages to learn more. Sometimes the facts will support what you already thought you knew about that particular creature, and other times, surprises are in store. The things you have been told may not always be true. My second graders are going to love this book. They will probably wear it out!
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  Nicole

  the rattlesnake photo makes me shudder...close up of the open mouth preparing to strike! Ack! My 5 year old loves this, though. Just the right amount of information accompanies some scary images of "unloved" animals like rats, roaches and piranha.
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  Ryan

  My 3.5 year old loves this book. We read it every night. Large photographs of "unlovable" animals accompanied by suprisingly accurate and informative text.
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  Jasmine Olivia

  My sweet Jasmine was concerned about the animals nobody loved. :)
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  Beverly

  The title is not necessarily completely accurate. Some people love some of the animals in this book. Most of these animals are either dangerous (people killers), or bite, or sting, or simply repulsive. Each of these 20 animals is depicted on a double-page spread, with one page describing the animal and the other page sporting a photograph of the animal. There is a variety of animals, including shark, grizzly bear, cobra, vulture, gila monster, cockroach, piranha, and others. This book will appeal to young elementary age children who like "scary" animals.
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  Cheri

  Good for persuasive writing and a hook in the introduction
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  Lynsy

  Very informative and full of fun and interesting facts about some less-than-pretty creatures. I think kids would definitely be interested in reading this one for fun.
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  Jessica

  This is always a favorite during our animal unit of study. Recommended!
  
  Q2021 book.
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  Caitlin Chambers

  Good informational book for young students.
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  JourneyToSimplicity

  Nice bite sized chunks of information and great photographs.
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  Rachel

  Did you know that the blow from a grizzly bear can crush the skull of an elk?
  
  Did you know that a group of piranhas can strip the flesh from a large animal in just a few minutes?
  
  That vultures can sometimes spot a dying animal up to 40 miles away?
  
  That a cockroach can live without its head for up to a week?
  
  Read this book, Animals Nobody Loves to find out more about creatures that usually make people squirm such as skunks, hyenas, wasps, fire ants, and devil rays, just to name a few. Each page features an unloved animal, along with some interesting facts about it. Perhaps the best part of this book is the pictures, which are taken at very close range and often feature these animals ready to bite or attack.
  
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  Bethe

  Eeew - I barely wanted to touch the pages with the photos of the rats and roaches, the most unlikable to me! I learned many new things about the animals. I liked the author's question at the end - if the book changed your mind about the likability of the animals. Don't know why the coyote is in the book, but I am partial to canines...
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  Joellen Mccarthy

  Seymour Simon is a mentor author. All of his texts are fabulous models that are always engaging, interesting & informative, but most importantly they teach writers about craft! This is my favorite title from his many wonderful books. I have had to buy multiple copies for Ts, Ss & myself as it gets used so often. A must have!