Description This book asks children: If you\'re given a list of features and characteristics, can you guess which Animal they make? This might seem easy enough.
Byron Eggenschwiler is an i.
Rachel lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rachel has also written for the Believer Magazine and the New York Times.
The guessing-Game format encourages inquiry-based learning --- and plenty of fun About the Author Rachel Poliquin is a writer and curator with a background in visual arts, cultural history and natural history.
It works perfectly to enhance a broad range of life sciences curriculum topics, including Animal adaptations, characteristics, evolution, ecology, habitats, ecosystems, biodiversity and food webs.
Artfully and intricately illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler, this innovative book offers an engaging mix of art and information that\'s sure to pique readers\' curiosity.
The back matter includes a note explaining this, accompanied by visual references.
A beaver, for example, was described as being composed of a flounder, an otter, goose feet, squirrel paws and a rabbit\'s front teeth.
Author Rachel Poliquin\'s concept for this intriguing, one-of-a-kind book is a spin on early natural histories, which introduced new animals by describing them as a hodgepodge of parts taken from familiar creatures.
Once readers make a guess (or if they get stumped ), they can open the gatefold to reveal the animal, with each clue explained and lots of additional fascinating facts.
For example: ?3 billiard balls, ? ?dinosaur feet? and ?five feather dusters.? And to further complicate matters, the clues are presented in scenarios unrelated to the animals --- the ostrich is composed of items in a ?gentlemen\'s den? and the pufferfish clues are items in a spy submarine.
But solving the puzzles in this book is deviously, outrageously, almost impossibly tricky Though the thirteen animals included are easily recognizable --- such as polar bear, snail, ostrich, pufferfish --- the clues are unexpected.
Description This book asks children: If you\'re given a list of features and characteristics, can you guess which Animal they make? This might seem easy enough
