FICTION

Hide-and-Seek Science: Animal Camouflage

by Emma STEVENSON
illus. by author. 32p. index. Holiday House. Oct. 2013. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8234-2293-7. ebook available. LC 2011042109.
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Gr 2–5—Seven ecosystems and their wildlife are cleverly introduced in this gorgeously illustrated book. The biomes include a swamp, a desert, a rain forest, a savanna, a deciduous forest, a tundra, and a coral reef. Creatures include a manatee, a jerboa, a jaguar, a zebra, a stoat, an orca, and a jellyfish. The 293 animals are hidden (some more than others) on one spread, and children are enouraged to locate them. The following spread shows the same picture, but the animals are numbered and a brief paragraph explains their camouflage. Kids will learn, for example, that the camel is sand colored to match its desert locale. The stunning gouache illustrations are magical and enhance this crowd-pleasing introduction to various environments and their wildlife.—Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
Reviewed by Anne Chapman Callaghan , Oct 01, 2013

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