Narwhals are currently very popular with students. This book gives us some information about narwhals with simple sentences that would be attainable for many age groups. Other than photographs and a few questions in text boxes, this book did not contain many informational text features. When it was describing the parts of a narwhal, it would have been nice if it had a diagram on that page instead of at the back of the book. One of the pages left me with several questions. “A narwhal is slow. But it can be fast. It moves quickly to escape predators.” Is that the only time it is fast? Why is is slow? Especially because it goes on to ask a question about how the body shape helps it swim.

I think this book would be an introduction and jumping off point for those readers who are interested in narwhals.