SuitabookEmerald boas
Catherine Nichols
- Reading
- Pause over the photographs and invite your child to spot the markings before reading the explanation. Keep discussion of the eagle’s search focused on what the book actually shows.
- Themes
- Camouflage as a survival adaptation: The book explains how emerald boas’ green colouring and white markings can help them blend into leaves, and mentions other snakes with leafy-looking camouflage. The stated approach is informational: camouflage is explained as a way animals can avoid being noticed.
- Worth knowing
- An eagle is described searching for food, with the boa potentially in its field of view.