Overview
What would you do if something wanted to eat you? Walk on water? Stick out your tongue? Play dead? Animals in the wild use all kinds of methods to protect themselves from their enemies.Using dynamic and intricate cut-paper collages, Steve Jenkins explores the many fascinating and unique defense mechanisms creatures use to escape from danger.
Full Product Details
Author: Steve Jenkins ,
Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Dimensions:
Width: 26.00cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.122kg
ISBN: 9780618152438
ISBN 10: 0618152431
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 24 September 2001
Recommended Age: From 4 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
@lt;DIV@gt; Jenkins has produced another marvel. . . . Young children will delight in first guessing, then seeing, how each of fourteen unusual animals avoids becoming someone else's dinner. Horn Book@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Thrilling, beautiful . . . dramatic. Booklist, ALA@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; The youngest animal enthusiasts will find this an intriguing introduction to adaptation. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books@lt;/div@gt;
""Jenkins has produced another marvel. . . . Young children will delight in first guessing, then seeing, how each of fourteen unusual animals avoids becoming someone else's dinner."" Horn Book ""Thrilling, beautiful . . . dramatic."" Booklist, ALA ""The youngest animal enthusiasts will find this an intriguing introduction to adaptation."" The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books --
Jenkins has produced another marvel. . . . Young children will delight in first guessing, then seeing, how each of fourteen unusual animals avoids becoming someone else's dinner. Horn Book Thrilling, beautiful . . . dramatic. Booklist, ALA The youngest animal enthusiasts will find this an intriguing introduction to adaptation. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books--No Source
"""Jenkins has produced another marvel. . . . Young children will delight in first guessing, then seeing, how each of fourteen unusual animals avoids becoming someone else's dinner."" Horn Book ""Thrilling, beautiful . . . dramatic."" Booklist, ALA ""The youngest animal enthusiasts will find this an intriguing introduction to adaptation."" The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books --"
Jenkins has produced another marvel. . . . Young children will delight in first guessing, then seeing, how each of fourteen unusual animals avoids becoming someone else's dinner.
Author Information
Steve Jenkins wrote and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor Book 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.
