Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Turbo Plus Lightweight Vacuumįorget Christmas, birthdays or adoption days - the big event in your pet’s calendar is Amazon Pet Day.Best Friends by Sheri The Original Calming Donut Cat and Dog Bed.Treat your companion animal this Amazon Pet Day (See a list of other reviewers’ posts in Christi’s latest post at Write Wild.BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. That translates to an important implication for kids today. Jenkins and Page did a marvelous job here, I believe, of relating differences through dialogue that teaches about the animals, and with subtlety shows that differences are useful and purposeful. I stick my face into the bodies of the dead animals I eat, and feathers would get pretty messy…” “ Are you sure you want to know? Really? Okay, I’ll tell you. “Dear Egyptian vulture: Why no feathers on your face?” “That’s my frill–extra skin that I unfurl when I feel threatened. “Dear frilled lizard: What are you wearing around your neck?” While the questions are simple, the answers are forthright, honest, and revealing of the character traits of the animals. Second and notable is is the use of voice as a sub-element of dialogue. So, the format of the story is in dialogue.

Closeup illustrations of each animal’s face bring on the effect of a personal, one-on-one conversation.

The rest of the book follows a predictable format, with a question (“Dear, Why…”) on the left, which is followed by an answer from the creature on the right. I bend it when I want to reach some tender leaves or fruit.” The tapir then replies: “My nose isn’t always twisted. The book then explains that the animal world has oddities, and promises to give the creatures a chance to explain their differences. When the book is opened, we find a memo form query (in marvelous typewriter font) to a tapir. First, the book subtitle, “25 Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do,” hints at the format. This delightful book gives animals a voice, and while I am tempted to say one of the effective primary story elements is patterns, but I want to point out another that I find that lifts this book above straightforward fact to engage the young reader directly.ĭIALOGUE is employed here in two ways.

Creature Features by Steve Jenkins