Who would Win?

Title: Who would win? Hornet vs. Wasp

Author:  Jerry Pallotta

Illustrator:  Rob Bolster

Publishing company:  Scholastic inc.

Copyright date:  2013

# of pages:  32

Genre: nonfiction

          I chose this book because I was looking for books to teach compare and contrast with during lessons in my practicum.  Also, my son picked these out of the scholastic catalog because his cousin says that all the time, “Who would win?”  We were both tickled when we saw his ‘famous’ saying in the title of a book.  This book is all about how the two insects are similar and different.  It talks about who might win and why if the two insects were to get into a battle.  Then it gives reasons why the winner is victorious.

          Many of the images in this book are stock photos, as listed by the publisher, but others are digitally created or done in oil painting mix with digital art.  The pictures are very bright and vivid in color and hue.  There is no, or little, negative space on any of the pages and the text placement is informal.  The words are sometimes typed directly over top of the images. 

  This book would be great for any readers who want to know about the insects. 

However, it is intended for children grades 2-4 as it is a science of compare and contrast book.  This book would be great in a science lesson about insects.  It would be, and was, wonderful for compare and contrast.  It would also work for teaching children how to write responses to nonfiction prompts and justify their answers.  Additionally, this book is just cool, especially to boys, but girls also enjoy the details.  This book has no awards at this time