Animals Can Be so Hard to See by Diane Swanson, Rose Cowles (Illustrator)

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Synopsis

Nesting, tunneling, burrowing—these animals are playing hide and seek! Open your eyes wide and look around: can you find them? There's Bird, nestled within thick leaves; Polar Bear snug in a snowdrift; Fox deep in a den it's dug beneath big logs; and speckled Geko disguised as a rock. Creeping behind screens of big bamboo, Tiger waits for his dinner to come: the big cat's stripes break up his shape and help conceal him. Did you find them all? 8 X 8. all in color

Annotation

Photographs and simple text show animals engaged in play, while questions invite the reader to notice and identify particular traits, such as whether an orangutan's arms or legs are longer.

School Library Journal

PreS-A series of appealing photographs show animal behaviors relating to hiding and protective coloration. The text is very brief and direct. "Red foxes burrow-." "Ocean fish hide in thick seaweed forests." "A polar bear is denning." The charming pictures clearly display the behavior. The text and illustrations are arranged as a full-page spread with photo on the left and a few sentences in large type on the right. A page of "Points for Parents" is included at the back with answers to some inevitable questions.-Jean Pollock, King County Library System, Seattle, WA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.