| What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner Contributor(s): Jenkins, Steve (Author), Jenkins, Steve (Illustrator), Page, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 061899713X ISBN-13: 9780618997138 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: A nose for digging? Ears that SEE? Eyes that SQUIRT BLOOD!??! Explore the many AMAZING things that animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and, yes, tails in this interactive, award-winning picture book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Size & Shape |
| Dewey: 591.47 |
| LCCN: 2002011673 |
| Lexile Measure: 510 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 9.5" W x 9.5" (0.35 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 67747 Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this Caldecott honor picture book, Steven Jenkins and illustrator Robin Page explore the many amazing things animals can do with eyes, ears, mouth, noses, feet, and tails. Young readers will relish the mystery behind this interactive guessing book. A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Turn the page to find out which marvelous animal these attributes belong to. With six full spreads illustrated in cut-paper collage and an end glossary with even more fantastic facts, readers will learn about species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals, and arthropods. Arresting details and visual surprises abound in this nonfiction picture book that will stir the imaginations of readers young and old. This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read Aloud Informational Text). |
Contributor Bio(s): Jenkins, Steve: - Steve Jenkins has written and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor-winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and frequent collaborator, Robin Page. |