BOOKS
Created: 23rd September, 2016

I (Don't) Like Snakes

Author: Nicola Davies
Illustrator: Luciano Lozano
Publisher: Walker

COLLECTION

Information

YEAR GROUP

Years 1 and 2

BOOK TYPE

Corebooks

A girl is aghast because her family keeps snakes which she can’t abide. She enumerates all her objections, such as the way they slither and the texture of their slimy, scaly skin. In return she receives fascinating detailed explanations of the features of snakes in all their international variety. Will she change her mind?

The narrative in this picture book is cleverly combined with explanatory text which converts it into a very informative non-fiction book. The illustrations are by the same artist but he uses two distinct styles to accompany the story and the information text, at times skilfully interweaving them.