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What do you do with a tail like this?
Record details
- ISBN: 97806182562810 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0618256288 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm. - Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
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| Subject: | Sense organs -- Juvenile literature Physiology -- Juvenile literature Animals -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature Children's questions and answers |
| Genre: | Children's questions and answers. |
| Topic Heading: | Animals - Physiology Animals - Miscellanea Questions and answers |
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- 10 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Prince Rupert Library | JP JENK (Text) | 33294001374107 | Juvenile Picture Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
More information
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #2 February 2003
/*Starred Review*/ PreS-Gr. 2. Here's another exceptional cut-paper science book from Jenkins, this time put together with a partner, and like previous books, it's a stunner. An opening page, clearly explaining how to use the book, is followed by a double-page spread picturing the mouths of several different animals, accompanied by the question, "What do you do with a mouth like this?" The next spread shows each animal in full, explaining in a few simple words how the part functions. Tail, ears, nose, and eyes are covered in the same manner. A picture glossary at the back shows each animal again, postage-stamp size, with an informative note elaborating on the creature's special adaptation. The notes also neatly answer questions that might arise during a reading (Why do horned lizards squirt blood out their eyes?) and add to the interactive aspect of the book. A variety of animals is represented--some (elephant, hippo, chimp) will be comfortably familiar; others (four-eyed fish, blue-footed booby) are of interest because of their strangeness. Jenkins' handsome paper-cut collages are both lovely and anatomically informative, and their white background helps emphasize the particular feature, be it the bush baby's lustrous, liquid-brown eyes or the skunk's fuzzy tail. This is a striking, thoughtfully created book with intriguing facts made more memorable through dynamic art. ((Reviewed February 15, 2003)) Copyright 2003 Booklist Reviews - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2003 Fall
Cut-paper collages of animals and close-ups of their noses, ears, tails, eyes, mouths, and feet set against white backgrounds invite readers to think about animal adaptations. Unifying questions focus on the part and its purpose (""What would you do with feet like these?""); the whole animal is shown on the next page with an explanation of how the part is used. Information at the back of the book adds details on each animal. Copyright 2003 Horn Book Guide Reviews - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2003 January #2
Not only does Jenkins (Life on Earth, 2002, etc.) again display a genius for creating paper-collage wildlife portraits with astonishingly realistic skin, fur, and feathers, but here on alternate spreads he zooms in for equally lifelike close-ups of ears, eyes, noses, mouths, feet, and tails. Five examples of each organ thrusting in from beyond the pages' edges for each "What do you do" question precede spreads in which the point of view pulls back to show the whole animal, with a short accompanying caption. Visual surprises abound: a field cricket's ears are actually on its legs; a horned lizard can (and does, here) squirt blood from its eyes as a defense mechanism; in an ingenious use of page design, a five-lined skink's breakable tail enters and leaves the center gutter at different points. Capped by a systematic appendix furnishing more, and often arresting, details-"A humpback whale can be 50 feet long and weigh a ton per foot"-this array of wide eyes and open mouths will definitely have viewers responding with wide eyes and open mouths of their own. (Picture book/nonfiction. 6-9) Copyright Kirkus 2003 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved - Library Media Connection : Library Media Connection Reviews 2004 February
This wonderfully creative and well-designed book will be fun for early readers who enjoy animals. Each section starts off with the question "What do you do with a nose (or tail, mouth, ears, eyes, feet) like this?" accompanied by pictures of that feature of several creatures. Then when the page is turned, an instructive text in large print engages the reader, providing simple answers and scientific information about the pictured animals, and how each one uses its various sense organs and other body parts. It is a very clever format, and features interesting placement of the text on the page, often following the shape of the illustrated animal. The real magic in the book, however, is the art work: multi-layered cut-paper collage, a bit reminiscent of some of Eric Carle's animals, great colors, and lots of texture. The book is a feast for the eyes, and most interesting to share with children. At the end of the book, older readers can find more extensive (and often fascinating) facts ab ut each of the 30 animals mentioned. Each text block is paired with a mini-version of the original collage from the main part of the book, which is a nice visual touch to help locate the extra information about each animal. Highly Recommended. Barbara B Feehrer, Freelance Reviewer, Bedford, Massachusetts © 2004 Linworth Publishing, Inc. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2003 March #4
Steve Jenkins contributes another artistically wrought, imaginatively conceived look at the natural world. What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Jenkins and wife Robin Page, stages a guessing game. Illustrated with Jenkins's trademark cut-paper art, one spread will show animals' tails (or noses, ears, etc.) as text asks variations of the titular question; turn the page, and the whole bodies of the animals are shown as answers are supplied ("If you're a lizard, you break off your tail to get away"; "If you're a scorpion, your tail can give a nasty sting"). Four pages of illustrated endnotes deliver meaty profiles of the 30 featured creatures. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2003 March
K-Gr 4-Jenkins, this time in collaboration with his wife, has created yet another eye-opening book. Children will learn that lizards can completely break off their tail as a defense and that it will grow back. And, they'll find out that crickets' ears are on their knees. Most fish have two eyes, but some have four, the better to see above and below the water at the same time. These are just a few of the fascinating facts of nature dangled out front to draw readers into this beautifully illustrated book. On each spread, five different animals' tails, ears, eyes, or other body parts, done in vibrant cut-paper collage, appear with a simple question ("What do you do with a- like this?"). The next spread shows the five creatures in their entirety and offers a brief explanation. For example, "If you're an elephant, you use your nose to give yourself a bath." The back pages offer more information for older or more curious readers. This is a great book for sharing one-on-one or with a group.-Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2004 October
K-Gr 4-Colorful cut-paper collages provide glimpses of the noses, ears, tails, eyes, mouths, and feet of different creatures, showing that each one uses these body parts in a unique and fascinating manner. Combining a guessing game with factual tidbits, the text offers an attention-grabbing introduction to animal physiology. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
