Capybara: The World’s Largest Rodent (Super Sized!)
by Natalie Lunis
Book Type: Juvenile, non-fiction (ages 4 -8)
Date of publication: 2009
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Synopsis:
Topics covered include:
- A Really Big Rodent
- Wet, Grassy Homes
- Big Teeth
- Noisy Groups
- Bringing Up Babies
- Extra-Large Enemies
- Everybody into the Water!
- Sneaky Swimmers
- Rodent Ranches
The book’s format is that each left-hand page contains up to about 80 words of text and one to three small photos with the opposing page having a single large photo on the same topic.
Interior page of Capybaras: The World's Largest Rodent
Owner’s Review: 
This book is more for the lower end of the age range rather than the higher. The text is informative, as far as it goes, which is not very far. All of the data is correct, the layout is nice and the photos are wonderful. In fact, I’d buy it for the photos alone. But I don’t think the text is entertaining enough for very young and it is not informative enough for the older children.
Caplin’s Review:
I liked this book. As my owner said, the photos are really great! There is one of a capybara jumping into the water that is just the perfect action shot. The photo of the jaguar looked just as fierce and terrifying as those awful cats really are. And photos of the baby capys with their moms were so sweet. I also liked the way the little facts were framed in capybara fur. There wasn’t much text but what it said was a pretty good description of us capybaras.
