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Jenkins, Steve , Page, Robin

Creature Features: 25 Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do

32 pp. | Houghton | October, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-23351-5 $17.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Jenkins. Using direct address, an unseen narrator asks a variety of animals--from a bighorn sheep to an Egyptian vulture--about their unusual features. Answers, delivered in amusing, conversational language, explain function or purpose. (Why is the thorny devil so spiny? "Think about it. Would you want to bite down on me?") Jenkins's hallmark torn- and cut-paper collages showcase each animal. Bib.

Reviewer: Betty Carter