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Animals can do amazing things with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails. Some of the skills are highlighted in this interactive guessing book. What bird has blue feet and what does he do with them that's special?
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LibraryThing member GI142984
This book tells about different animal’s body parts and what they use them for. The beginning of every other page is a question (i.e. what do you do with a nose like this?") and then on the same page has different pictures of an animal's nose then the next page will show the animal the nose
This books was so much fun to read to children, they liked to guess what animal the body part belong to before I turned the page. I enjoyed it myself and even learned a couple things; I never knew that a cricket had ears on its KNEES!! It’s a great informational book and I would recommend using it for class when learning about animals. Its illustrations are also magnificent!
In the classroom after reading this book, children can look up other kids of animals and make a mini-book of What do you do with a tail like this? Another idea would be having a child pick an animal out of the book and doing a small research over the animal and presenting it to the class with a poster board.
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belongs to and gives an example of what it's used for. The last few pages of the book shows all the animals and gives information about each individual animal/insect. This books was so much fun to read to children, they liked to guess what animal the body part belong to before I turned the page. I enjoyed it myself and even learned a couple things; I never knew that a cricket had ears on its KNEES!! It’s a great informational book and I would recommend using it for class when learning about animals. Its illustrations are also magnificent!
In the classroom after reading this book, children can look up other kids of animals and make a mini-book of What do you do with a tail like this? Another idea would be having a child pick an animal out of the book and doing a small research over the animal and presenting it to the class with a poster board.
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LibraryThing member Nataliewhite88
My first reaction to this book was positive. It gave an example of several different animals and how they use various body parts (not just tails). For example it shows a "blue footed boobie" using it's feet to dance. The phrase "what would you do with..." was repeated throughout which is helpful to
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young readers who struggle with fluency. This text could be used to teach students about body parts, animals, and the senses. Show Less
LibraryThing member jaia
Steve Jenkins' collage art highlights this book about animals and their senses. It is a perfect first discovery book for children, and keeps them guessing by first having a close-up of the part (nose, tail, ear...) and asking what do you do with a --- like this? and then giving cool factoids about
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how different animals use their senses on the next page. Show Less
LibraryThing member gkuhns
The structure of this book--each page presents a tiny mystery--and the exceptional cut-paper illustrations help it to achieve that oh so unattainable goal: it makes learning fun. The book offers pictures of different body parts and then asks readers to guess what animal it belongs to and what it
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does. On the next page, the mystery is solved. Thus, we learn that crickets have ears on their knees and that there is an animal named the Blue-footed Booby. This is a delightful book to read aloud to younger elementary students. Show Less
LibraryThing member Bbanach
What do you do with a tail like this? is about different animals. It gives a different part of an animal’s body then tells you what each animal does with that part of its body. At the end of the book it describes each animal in more detail.
I think this book is very educational. It teaches us
I could take a trip to the zoo to explore all the animals. Then I can have each child describe there favorite animal and tell us what they have learned about that animal.
I think this book is very educational. It teaches us
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about different animals in a way that even young children will like to learn. I think that this book describes animals in a unique way. It draws you in and makes you want to read on.I could take a trip to the zoo to explore all the animals. Then I can have each child describe there favorite animal and tell us what they have learned about that animal.
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LibraryThing member AwXomeMan
This book is an educational book and doesn't really follow a story. It asks children questions about what certain animal parts would be used for and ten gives them examples.
I found this book to be educational actually. I learned things about different animals that I never knew before.
I would use
I found this book to be educational actually. I learned things about different animals that I never knew before.
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this book for a science lesson to teach children assorted facts about how animals use their tails, paws, claws, etc. I could even use stuffed animals to pass around the class for the kids to act out how the animals use their appendages. Show Less
LibraryThing member schaefercrew
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
This is a fantastic non-fiction book that explores the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in a beautifully illustrated interactive book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. This book
The beautiful illustrations immediately help engage a child by presenting a specific body part (ears, eyes, noses, feet, tails) of several animals and than posing the question, "What do you do with -- like these?" This allows the opportunity for classroom participation as kids can make educated guesses as to which body part belongs to whom and what that body part could be used for. Upon turning the page, these mini-mysteries are solved with a colorful illustration of each animal's entire body and an explanation of what the specified body part is made to do.
I believe that children will learn a great deal about many different animals in this book. I learned that crickets have ears on their knees, a four-eyed fish can look above and below the water at the same time, and a blue-footed booby is a bird that likes to dance. This book can also be used in conjunction with a science lesson. Older elementary children could select an animal and present a detailed report about it to the rest of the class or this book could be used to introduce a lesson on adaptability or how animals have evolved to best function in their environment. This book can also be used to introduce categorization and categorize by number of feet, body covering, and home (air, sea, land).
The authors display a wonderful talent for creating paper collage wildlife portraits with astonishingly realistic skin, fur, and feathers. Kids delight in the strangeness of animals and will love learning more about each animal in the section in the back of the book that gives a short further description of each animal in the book. I highly recommend this book to be shared with multi-aged elementary children.
by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
This is a fantastic non-fiction book that explores the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in a beautifully illustrated interactive book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. This book
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is appropriate for elementary-aged children and can be used to engage kids in a scientific discussion about how animals have evolved specialized body parts in order to best adapt to their needs.The beautiful illustrations immediately help engage a child by presenting a specific body part (ears, eyes, noses, feet, tails) of several animals and than posing the question, "What do you do with -- like these?" This allows the opportunity for classroom participation as kids can make educated guesses as to which body part belongs to whom and what that body part could be used for. Upon turning the page, these mini-mysteries are solved with a colorful illustration of each animal's entire body and an explanation of what the specified body part is made to do.
I believe that children will learn a great deal about many different animals in this book. I learned that crickets have ears on their knees, a four-eyed fish can look above and below the water at the same time, and a blue-footed booby is a bird that likes to dance. This book can also be used in conjunction with a science lesson. Older elementary children could select an animal and present a detailed report about it to the rest of the class or this book could be used to introduce a lesson on adaptability or how animals have evolved to best function in their environment. This book can also be used to introduce categorization and categorize by number of feet, body covering, and home (air, sea, land).
The authors display a wonderful talent for creating paper collage wildlife portraits with astonishingly realistic skin, fur, and feathers. Kids delight in the strangeness of animals and will love learning more about each animal in the section in the back of the book that gives a short further description of each animal in the book. I highly recommend this book to be shared with multi-aged elementary children.
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LibraryThing member Junep
Kindergarten-Grade 4-Jenkins, this time in collaboration with his wife, has created yet another eye-opening book. Children will learn that lizards can completely break off their tail as a defense and that it will grow back. And, they'll find out that crickets' ears are on their knees. Most fish
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have two eyes, but some have four, the better to see above and below the water at the same time. These are just a few of the fascinating facts of nature dangled out front to draw readers into this beautifully illustrated book. On each spread, five different animals' tails, ears, eyes, or other body parts, done in vibrant cut-paper collage, appear with a simple question ("What do you do with a- like this?"). The next spread shows the five creatures in their entirety and offers a brief explanation. For example, "If you're an elephant, you use your nose to give yourself a bath." The back pages offer more information for older or more curious readers. This is a great book for sharing one-on-one or with a group. Show Less
LibraryThing member ltipton
This book takes children through the diffent body parts of familiar animals and bugs and what they do with those body parts. For example they can find out that crickets' ears are located on their knees, or that some fish have more than two eyes and that an elephant can bathe with thier nose. This
I love to share this book with my classroom. They love to try to figure out which nose goes with which animal.
First Extension idea is to have the clasroom share with one another what they can do with their body parts and the multiple uses for our hands and arms, etc. Second Extension idea is to have some of the animals and bugs represented in the book printed in clip art and then cut into puzzle pieces. The students have to match the puzzle pieces.
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is a beautifully illustrated book of all these fun facts.I love to share this book with my classroom. They love to try to figure out which nose goes with which animal.
First Extension idea is to have the clasroom share with one another what they can do with their body parts and the multiple uses for our hands and arms, etc. Second Extension idea is to have some of the animals and bugs represented in the book printed in clip art and then cut into puzzle pieces. The students have to match the puzzle pieces.
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LibraryThing member aflanig1
A picture book that shows kids the different ways an animal can use its tail. A very informative book that a child can understand.
LibraryThing member LyndsayE82
An information picture book. Gives a clue and lets the students figure it out.
LibraryThing member TeriHogg
“What do you do with a nose (or ears, tail, eyes, feet, or mouth) like this?” This wonderful information book asks children the question on one spread, with five various animals’ body parts in question shown, while the answer is on the next. Even adults will learn something new about an
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animal they previously didn’t know. I didn’t know that an elephant’s trunk can weigh up to 400 pounds or that whales can hear other whales hundreds of miles apart. Part of the fun of the layout and design is how the text is positioned, shooting out of the nose of a mole, splashing around the head of an elephant, and straight as an arrow down the back of an alligator. The interesting vocabulary such as 'pesky', 'stinky', and 'nasty' will entice children to try them out. Body parts are cropped strategically encouraging the reader to guess the animal. Each body part and animal is designed out of paper either torn or cut. As a teacher, I appreciate the glossary at the back of the book explaining characteristics of each animal in more detail. Like Brown Bear Brown Bear, this book could easily lead to class book creations. Highly recommended. Grades Pre-K-2. Show Less
LibraryThing member KristinSpecht
You could do a text innovation. Students could write a book on any body part or object. You could write about different shoes, clothes, tools in the work place. what do you do with a shoe like this? Then you could match the shoes, clothes, tools etc. with the work that the individuals perform
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daily. Help teach students to narrow their topics and discover more about many different types of that certain object. The end of the book has an in depth description or the animals body parts and how they use them uniquely to survive. Can be used to teach students to make an interesting title, use a question to catch readers’ attention. Show Less
LibraryThing member mchristman
This is a good example of an informational book because it shows all the different ways that animals use different parts of their bodies. Many of the examples are not uses that we would normally think of.
Age Appropriateness: Primary/ Intermediate
Age Appropriateness: Primary/ Intermediate
LibraryThing member pravs
This Caldecott Honor Book tells readers about different animal tails and their use. It is quite interesting and has many facts that first time readers of the book are sure not to know. Great for reading along with children, and pages have textures which children will like to touch and be involved.
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Body parts of animals are illustrated in different colors and form, thus opening the door for good dialogue with children. I highly recommend this book for children ages 4 - 8. Show Less
LibraryThing member jl624
As the title indicates, the book is about tails, different animals' tails and their functions. The book is very informational and teaches children about animals with rich visual aids. The illustrations are definitely a big help for understanding. They are beautiful and eye catching. It is a good
Good book highly recommended for children aged 2-5.
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book for adults to read with the kids. It helps children learn both the English language and knowledge about animals.Good book highly recommended for children aged 2-5.
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LibraryThing member bbruskland
This book gives information about a variety of animals and how they use their tails, claws, tongues, etc. to survive. The pictures are created from paper designs which creates a very interesting effect. At the end of the book you will find more information about the animals featured in the book.
LibraryThing member ShopALot
“What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?” is a wonderful book that asks a simple question for children to learn about different animals. This book has beautiful whimsical pictures of five different animals to learn about. You will learn things that each animal can do with their body parts. One
This is again one my favorites! I think that all little ones love animals so this is an easy book for them to fall in love with. My little boy loves it when I read to him and this is his favorite! He loves me to ask him questions about the animals and then him answer. He likes really like to see the chimp and talk about there feet.
For an extension to this book you could let the children make animal masks for their favorite animal. They could then do an animal parade down the hall of the school.
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animal is an elephant with which you learn that he takes a bath with his nose or a platypus digs in the dirt with its nose. At the end of the book you will see all five animals with their full bodies.This is again one my favorites! I think that all little ones love animals so this is an easy book for them to fall in love with. My little boy loves it when I read to him and this is his favorite! He loves me to ask him questions about the animals and then him answer. He likes really like to see the chimp and talk about there feet.
For an extension to this book you could let the children make animal masks for their favorite animal. They could then do an animal parade down the hall of the school.
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LibraryThing member bbruskland
This book teaches the reader about special characteristics that animals have to help them survive. Some of these characteristics include their tails, hands, claws, tongues, noses, etc. At the end of the book there is more information provided about each of the animals. I would use this book for
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fun, to teach across the curriculum about animals, and to inspire art projects. Show Less
LibraryThing member srn006
Great book for young listeners to teach them about different body parts on different animals. The author uses a guessing format to teach children about all kinds of animals. For instance, crickets with ears on their knees or fish with 4 eyes.
LibraryThing member Pangle
Tails, eyes, ears, noses, feet, mouths; most animals have them, but do they all use them the same way? Learn about all kinds of interesting animals and how they use their body parts in Steve Jenkins award winning nonfiction book.
LibraryThing member mtofell
What a great book to use for making predictions and inferencing! I also think that this would be a fun book to turn into a classbook. Students could choose their favorite animal and write about what it's nose is used for. I like how each set of animals is introduced by just looking at the animal
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and guessing what it is. This format adds for great class discussions. Show Less
LibraryThing member Ms.Penniman
Retelling: Steve Jenkins compares animals with some of the most fascinating behaviors. Learn what natures most peculiar noses, ears, tails, eyes, feet, mouths can do for an animal.
Thoughts and Feelings. I love how this book is arranged to get you thinking about the characteristics that most animals
Animals with ears in their head, like the humpback whale, confuse me. I'm left wondering: does that animal hear anything. If whales have such good hearing despite the fact that their ears are inside their head then why did so many animals evolve with protruding ears? Does it have something to do with the way sound travels in water?
Thoughts and Feelings. I love how this book is arranged to get you thinking about the characteristics that most animals
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share, and how different they can be. Animals with ears in their head, like the humpback whale, confuse me. I'm left wondering: does that animal hear anything. If whales have such good hearing despite the fact that their ears are inside their head then why did so many animals evolve with protruding ears? Does it have something to do with the way sound travels in water?
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LibraryThing member elpowers
Love it- great read aloud, wonderful pictures and good amount of white space. Storytime must!
LibraryThing member RayJones63
This is a non-fiction book about animals and how they use their body parts. Used to compare and contrast animals.
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School Library Journal
Jenkins, this time in collaboration with his wife, has created yet another eye-opening book. Children will learn that lizards can completely break off their tail as a defense and that it will grow back. And, they'll find out that crickets' ears are on their knees. Most fish have two eyes, but some
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have four, the better to see above and below the water at the same time. These are just a few of the fascinating facts of nature dangled out front to draw readers into this beautifully illustrated book. On each spread, five different animals' tails, ears, eyes, or other body parts, done in vibrant cut-paper collage, appear with a simple question ("What do you do with a- like this?"). The next spread shows the five creatures in their entirety and offers a brief explanation. For example, "If you're an elephant, you use your nose to give yourself a bath." The back pages offer more information for older or more curious readers. This is a great book for sharing one-on-one or with a group. Show Less
Not only does Jenkins (Life on Earth, 2002, etc.) again display a genius for creating paper-collage wildlife portraits with astonishingly realistic skin, fur, and feathers, but here on alternate spreads he zooms in for equally lifelike close-ups of ears, eyes, noses, mouths, feet, and tails. Five
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examples of each organ thrusting in from beyond the pages’ edges for each “What do you do” question precede spreads in which the point of view pulls back to show the whole animal, with a short accompanying caption. Visual surprises abound: a field cricket’s ears are actually on its legs; a horned lizard can (and does, here) squirt blood from its eyes as a defense mechanism; in an ingenious use of page design, a five-lined skink’s breakable tail enters and leaves the center gutter at different points. Capped by a systematic appendix furnishing more, and often arresting, details—“A humpback whale can be 50 feet long and weigh a ton per foot”—this array of wide eyes and open mouths will definitely have viewers responding with wide eyes and open mouths of their own. (Picture book/nonfiction. 6-9) Show Less
Booklist, ALA Starred Review
Here's another exceptional cut-paper science book from Jenkins, this time put together with a partner, and like previous books, it's a stunner. An opening page, clearly explaining how to use the book, is followed by a double-page spread picturing the mouths of several different animals, accompanied
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by the question, "What do you do with a mouth like this?" The next spread shows each animal in full, explaining in a few simple words how the part functions. Tail, ears, nose, and eyes are covered in the same manner. A picture glossary at the back shows each animal again, postage-stamp size, with an informative note elaborating on the creature's special adaptation. The notes also neatly answer questions that might arise during a reading (Why do horned lizards squirt blood out their eyes?) and add to the interactive aspect of the book. A variety of animals is represented--some (elephant, hippo, chimp) will be comfortably familiar; others (four-eyed fish, blue-footed booby) are of interest because of their strangeness. Jenkins' handsome paper-cut collages are both lovely and anatomically informative, and their white background helps emphasize the particular feature, be it the bush baby's lustrous, liquid-brown eyes or the skunk's fuzzy tail. This is a striking, thoughtfully created book with intriguing facts made more memorable through dynamic art. Show Less
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0547255551 / 9780547255552
Awards
Caldecott Medal (Honor Book — 2004)
Monarch Award (Nominee — 2007)
Red Clover Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2006)
Garden State Children's Book Award (Winner — 2006)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Nonfiction — 2006)
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended Title — 2004)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2005)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Picture Book Award — 2006)
Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
CCBC Choices (2004)
Notable Children's Book (2004)