Slap, Squeak, and Scatter: How Animals Communicate (Houghton Mifflin Soar To Success) - Softcover

Steve Jenkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618932887 ISBN 13: 9780618932887

Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 2001

Synopsis

A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.

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About the Author:

Steve Jenkins has written and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor-winning 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. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and frequent collaborator, Robin Page. Visit Steve at stevejenkinsbooks.com.     

From Booklist:

Ages 5-8. As in What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You (1997), a Booklist Editors' Choice, Jenkins' cut- and torn-paper collages are tactile, fierce, and beautiful, and the facts about animal behavior are amazing. When honeybees find food, they return to the hive and perform an elaborate waggle dance that tells other bees how much food there is and how to find it. When a dolphin is injured or sick, it makes a whistling sound that calls other dolphins to its aid. When a cat rubs its head on it's owner's leg, it's not showing affection but defining its territory. There's almost too much here. There are so many different ways and reasons why animals communicate--to find a mate, protect home, warn of approaching danger, help one another find food, and more. Each double-page spread could be expanded into a book of its own. Children will find this an exciting introduction to the wonder of zoology, and many will go from here to learn more. Hazel Rochman
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About this edition

• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0618932887
• ISBN 13: 9780618932887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36