The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Kaner, Etta

Have You Ever Seen an Octopus with a Broom?

32 pp. | Kids Can | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55453-247-6 $14.95

(3) K-3 Have You Ever Seen? series. Illustrated by Jeff Szuc. Using admittedly "silly" questions, Kaner introduces readers to animals that use tools in ways similar to humans. Brooms, grocery bags, back scratchers, and the like are all depicted with their natural-world counterparts (e.g., leaves and moss are chimpanzees' washcloths). Szuc's bright acrylic paintings provide humor and action. A compare-and-contrast game for readers using the endpaper art is appended.

Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby