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In this beautiful Caldecott Honor picture book, now available in a bilingual English/Spanish edition, 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 nonfiction paperback is a great book for bilingual families and children, or anyone wanting to learn Spanish or English.

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Jenkin's cut-paper collage illustrations are, as usual, ingenious and remarkable in their clarity, their several components neatly articulating the anatomy of their subjects. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Jenkins, this time in collaboration with his wife, has created yet another eye-opening book. --School Library Journal (starred review) Steve Jenkins contributes another artistically wrought, imaginatively conceived look at the natural world. --Publishers Weekly This is a striking, thoughtfully created book with intriguing facts made more memorable through dynamic art. --Booklist (starred review) This array of wide eyes and open mouths will definitely have viewers responding with wide eyes and open mouths of their own. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Jenkins, this time in collaboration with his wife, has created yet another eye-opening book. -- School Library Journal (starred review) This array of wide eyes and open mouths will definitely have viewers responding with wide eyes and open mouths of their own. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This is a striking, thoughtfully created book with intriguing facts made more memorable through dynamic art. -- Booklist (starred review) Jenkin's cut-paper collage illustrations are, as usual, ingenious and remarkable in their clarity, their several components neatly articulating the anatomy of their subjects. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Steve Jenkins contributes another artistically wrought, imaginatively conceived look at the natural world. -- Publishers Weekly

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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. 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. Robin Page has worked on numerous bestselling and award-winning titles, including Caldecott Honoree What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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