Kay de SilvaWhales: Amazing Pictures & Fun Facts on Animals in Nature (Our Amazing World Series Book)

First off this is a beautifully illustrated book. You can tell that the author loves whales.When my son came home with a 'Whale' project from school I was less than enthusiastic about buying him a book. But I have no regrets with this one.What I also like is the fact that this book did not overwhelm him. He loved the pictures and the information about the Whales was in language that he could understand. This is very important at his age, if he gets information overload from a book he will not go back to it.He has now read this one several times, and has been entertaining us at the dinner table with his new found knowldege, and some weird whale noises!A solid educational read and I will buy more in this series.

The illustrations are fantastic and the information on the marine life was just what we wanted in a book. Very happy with the selection😄

I have several of Kay de Silva's books in her "Our Amazing World Series" and have enjoyed learning new things about the various species.This book is filled with factoids about whales. However, what makes this book are the captioned photos. Most of the whales are shown up close and in detail. I was intrigued by the picture showing Baleen whales as I never knew that some whales had comb like teeth.The book is set up to first tell some generic whale facts followed by photos and facts of individual whale species. While I find the simple sentence structure a bit off and stilted, it would make it easier for a new reader to read on his own.It has a clickable Table of Contents.The format consists of a concept title, a photo and a small factoid paragraph. The ratio between photo and sentence is about 4:1.I viewed this on a 17" screen using both the Kindle App for PC, the Cloud Viewer and an iPad with the following results:KINDLE FOR PC: the illustrations seem small for a children's book and cannot be enlarged (about 1/3 of a page). The concept title, photograph and factoid paragraph can be seen on one page.CLOUD READER: Even with the smallest font and the largest margin, I cannot get the title, photo and factoid paragraph on the same page. It usually took three pages per concept.iPAD: While reading the story the illustration fills about 1/4 of the page, however to see more all you need to do is tap the picture and it will enlarge to fill the entire screen. When normal the title, photo and factoid paragraph are all on one page.I highly recommend this book.ETA: Add multiple format information.

This is easily the most beautiful book I have ever seen on Kindle. The pictures are amazing.But more importantly it is written with children in mind. My 8 year old had no issues reading and understanding everything that was written (I would think a 6 year old with a good reading level could read this book or most of it) and my 4 year old loved the pictures.Both boys asked if they could get the one on snakes or sharks next - what is it with boys lol? But at least they didn't ask for spiders -much as I love my boys that would be a book Dad would have to buy.Nice to see a quality book and at this price you would be mad to miss out.

My son loved the book. He read it in 10 mins. While pausing to enjoy the pictures. He however thought it could have a little more information. But I thought it was suitable as an introduction to whales. Some kids may find it just enough but he loves these kind of books that are nonfictional. As a book read on electronic adding actual sound effects can be optional. Well done.

Glad this didn't cost more than $2.99. Worth the cost for the reading/discussion time it allowed me to have with my five year old.

The whole book. The text & pictures were great.

My 2nd grader loves whales and this was a great addition to his collection.