National Geographic Readers: Dolphins Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Everyone loves the smile on a dolphin’s face. Though smart enough to become theme park tricksters, dolphins are first and foremost wild mammals. Melissa Stewart’s lively text outlines our responsibility to conserve their natural environment. This high-interest book also offers an interactive experience to boost awareness of these adorable creatures.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Lexile Measure: 680L (What's this?)
Series: Readers
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books (March 23, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1426306520
ISBN-13: 978-1426306525
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (111 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #5,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #15 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Chapter Books & Readers > Intermediate Readers #21 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Marine Life #22 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Mammals
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3
I'm Olivia and I'm 6, I like the national geographic books for kids. This book was a little easier to read than Sharks. The print in Sharks was really small this book was better but it could be bigger can you fix that? I love reading books on my kindle.
My daughter loves reading about animals. I mean to the point where we are almost frustrated with the constant quest for more information and details that the common parent just doesn't know... So we really love the NatGeo Kids books. They're so informative, yet written in a way that my six-year-old can understand without a ton of (research and then) explanations from us.(Not that we don't want to learn or mind reading with her, but we're far from biology majors or doctors... So we're really out of our comfort zone and end up doing a lot of Google-ing and "research" on our own just to answer her questions!)Anyways, although my daughter is comfortable reading at about a 3rd grade / 9 yr-old reading level, the different numbered readers usually don't bore her too much... Especially when it's a NatGeo type one. So I didn't hesitate to get this Level 2 Dolphins book for her, even though I figured it would be a shorter read for her.I did not expect that it would be less than a 10 minute read though. And, surprisingly, it really did have all that much information for her. She was pretty disappointed and, as a mom, that didn't exactly make me happy about the purchase.If your child is a newer reader and has a mild interest in the very basics of dolphins, you might be okay with this one. If he/she is a higher reader or the kind that craves to know everything about a specific thing - spend the extra couple bucks and get the "National Geographic Kids Everything Dolphins" book!! You'll be grateful that you did!!
The book is good and very informative. My only complaint is that is small and lacks information on specific types of dolphins that are pictured. So when my son asks me "What type of dolphin is that?" .., I have no idea because the book is just a general overview of dolphins in general.
We are glad we bought this book. It talks about fresh water dolphins, baby dolphins, killer whales... Again, colorful pictures and good font size.
I got 3 of these books for my 6 year old niece along with a sketch book to give her some inspiration for her drawings. My plan was to trick her into learning while she drew the pictures in the books, but apparently the tricking wasn't necessary. She read all 3 books in just a few days. Well done, National Geographic!
My 2 year old LOVES this entire series of Nat. Geo Readers... I have purchased about 25 different titles, "pre-readers" as well as Level 1 & 2 readers. She loves them all & will ask for certain ones. The "pre-readers" level books are extremely simple & great because she memorizes the words & can "read" it herself. We love the more advanced ones too, because there is more information to talk about. I have learned quite a few facts, myself!) What a great series. The price is reasonable & pictures are great. These are really getting her interested in nature, animals & science... I will continue to buy these as they are released, for our collection!
We own quite a few of the national geographic readers and we love them all. They are appropriately laid out for young readers, my daughter loves the riddles/jokes and she loves learning interesting facts about the animals and sharing them with the family. I am very pleased with this purchase and will continue to buy others in the series.
I bought this as part of birthday gift for a nine year old girl. In addition I purchased a Barbie I Can Be Splash and Spin Dolphin doll. I thought some educational material would offset the total frivolity of the doll. It apparently worked. Her mom told me that her daughter had been on the computer everyday for a week researching dolphins.
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