The Incredible Pop Up Body Book Review

In current society, it is extremely unusual to find a young student who loves to read. With all of the technology in society, reading is not usually a favorite. However, Lexi, who is a nine-year-old female, loves to read. She usually reads from one to two hours outside of school. Lexi also enjoys Americas Home Funniest Videos, cheetahs, playing with her friends, Cinderella, and she wants to be a doctor when she grows up. Lexi's reading interests include, fantasy, horror, humor, and as she says, "girl stuff." Lexi's favorite genre is fiction, and the last book she read was El Deafo, by Cece Bell, which she enjoyed. Lexi's reading goal is to improve on bigger words, although she still considers herself a talented reader. Lexi definitely loves to laugh since she enjoys Americas Home Funnies Videos and books with humor. …show more content…
The nonfiction book I chose for Lexi is titled, The Incredible Pop-Up Body Book, by Richard Walker. This book helps students learn about their body, mind and the functions of the body. Inside it has a giant fold out human body model that allows the student to understand further what the body accomplishes and where everything is inside the body. The book goes over the bones, muscles, heart, brain, systems in the body, and even more. This nonfiction book has a recommended age of ten and up, which would be perfect for Lexi since she considers herself a strong reader. Additionally, since this is a higher age level, it will help her work on her vocabulary, which is her current reading goal. To supplement that goal even further, the book has a table of contents, glossary, index and the real names of each