What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Jenkins, Steve

Page, Robin

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003

Picture Book

K-3

Caldecott Honor

This book is about animals. Each time you flip the page it gives information about an animals body parts. It takes about noses, ears, tails, eyes, feet and mouths. At the end of the book it gives all sorts of information on many different types of animals. This book also gives beautiful pictures of animals to help the reader understand what animal they are talking about. Each picture is so detailed and this really helps the reader have a realistic picture of what the animal looks like. This book also contains repetition so it would be best for younger readers who are just learning how to read.

I really liked this book a lot. I had never read it before and i really liked the way the book is put together. I thought it was a very informative book for young children and it was fun at the same time. I loved the pictures that this book had, and I also liked the set up of the book. It kept you wondering what the different kinds of animals use their body parts for. I thought that this was a fun book to use with children and it keeps them guessing.

I think that this would be a wonderful book to use when learning about animals, and body parts. Children at this age are very curious about themselves and how things work. Most children really love animals too so this would be a great way to incorporate both things. You may point to a body part and ask what it was. Then you may ask what animal it belonged to and this would help the children become familiar with the animals and body parts.