| Animals Do, Too!: How They Behave Just Like You Contributor(s): Kaner, Etta (Author), Faucher, Marilyn (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1771385693 ISBN-13: 9781771385695 Publisher: Kids Can Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: May 2017 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - General |
| Dewey: 591.500 |
| Age Level: 4-7 |
| Grade Level: PreK-2 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.1" W x 9.1" L (0.84 lbs) 32 pages |
| Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2017 Booklist 03/01/2017 pg. 55 School Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 160 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2017 pg. 180 - Recommended, Satisfactory |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Do you like to dance?" asks the first spread of this playful nonfiction picture book. "Honeybees do, too!" responds the next. Illustrating the simple text are joyful drawings that visually connect the children enjoying a dance party to the honeybees performing their own "dance" in the hive. A block of more in-depth text fleshes out what the honeybees are actually doing and why: their waggle dance tells other honeybees "where to find a tasty meal." Using this same rhythmic question-and-answer style throughout, the book compares a series of children's favorite activities to similar things that animals do. From playing tag and leapfrog (gazelles and cattle egrets) to blowing bubbles and getting piggyback rides (gray tree frogs and marmosets), there are seven activities/animals in all. And though the behaviors might look the same, while the children are playing, the animals are performing essential tasks such as finding food or caring for their young. Award-winning author Etta Kaner has created a fun, engaging exploration of some ways animals behave just like people. By highlighting connections between human and animal behaviors, she encourages children to develop compassion for other creatures and to recognize their place within the natural world. This book would make an excellent resource for early life science lessons on the characteristics of living things, especially with the expanded information in the back matter about each of the animals found in the book. The question-and-answer pattern of the text together with Marilyn Faucher's inviting, detailed illustrations work as an entertaining, interactive read-aloud as well. |
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