SuitabookPredator Attack
Katharine Kenah
- Reading
- Look through the illustrations together before reading closely. Pause after striking facts to distinguish scientific information from suspenseful wording, and let the reader decide when to continue.
- Themes
- Predators as a subject of scientific curiosity: The book introduces facts about fascinating predators and presents predatory animals as a focus for nonfiction learning. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Suspense in nonfiction presentation: The book uses threat-oriented wording, dramatic images and an ‘extreme facts’ feature to make predator information feel thrilling. The presentation clearly heightens excitement, but its wider effect on the reader and balance with explanation are not established.
- Worth knowing
- The words about a growl, a victim and running suggest an intense opening frame.