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Orangutans

Using simple text and colorful pictures, this book provides young readers with the physical characteristic, habitat, food, and life cycle of the orangutan. The habitat section includes a map of Southeast Asia.  Glossary terms are in red.  Quick Stats section at end of the book visually and numerically compares the orangutan’s height as shorter than a door and its weight as heavier than a toilet.  The former comparison has a difference of over 2 feet and the later comparison does not relate to something students experience as moveable.  Contains a Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index.

Booklinks directs the reader to Abdo site where the book is selected using a search box.  The three provided links are to quality sites, but the content is significantly higher than the K-1 reading level of the book.  The reader is also encouraged to visit Abdo Zoom Animals database, but will have not access to the information, since it is a paid site.