"Hey, human? How goes it?" A narrating ant let's us in on a little secret: animals and humans are a lot alike. He tells us that we are animals too! Really? Who'd have thunk? Lol!
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ACTING WILD
How We Behave Like Birds, Bugs, and Beasts
Authored by Maria Birmingham
Illustrated by Dave Whamond
* Age Range: 7-10
* Grade Level: 2-5
* Hardcover: 32 pages
* Publisher: Owlkids
* Pub. Date: August 13, 2019
* Language: English
Editorial Review
"Chock full of interesting ideas, this entertaining and informative selection's distinct focus makes it stand out." (Kirkus Reviews)
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This educational, non-fiction and fun book is narrated by a friendly ant. Now that aspect alone will get a kid's attention. Mr. Ant does a stellar job of pointing out similar behaviours between humans and those belonging to the animal kingdom.
He compares their behaviours in: farming, teaching, laughing, building, mourning, communicating, grooming, playing, traveling, using tools, and working together. You will be pleasantly surprised to find out so many ways that we act the same.
Kids will love the playful and humorous illustrations that are detailed and expressive. The table of content at the beginning easily divides the book into mini chapters and a glossary and further reading suggestions section is included at the end for those who want to dig deeper.
These fascinating facts will educate not only kids but adults too. It would be a wonderful addition to a classroom, elementary school library or for a reluctant reader. I highly recommend this book.
Storywraps Rating - 5 HUGS!!!!!
Meet the Author
MARIA BIRMINGHAM is a longstanding contributor to OWL and Chickadee magazines, and the author of several books for young people, including the Lane Anderson Award winner Biometrics and the Norma Fleck Award nominee A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars. Maria lives in Brampton, Ontario.
About the Author
Dave Whammond adds the cartoon flair to the book, creating really fun and engaging pictures throughout to further up the interest level and keep readers around for the long haul. Since the book is fairly lengthy at 34 jam packed pages, the illustrations keep the reading fresh and motivating. Designer Alisa Baldwin was brilliant in bringing all of these elements together to create a wonderful non-fiction book about animal behaviour to all the non-fiction loving readers out there. It’s so important for children to have access to information about real topics in an age appropriate way. It was not that long ago when I set a project for the grade two students I was teaching at the time about animals and struggled to find non-fiction books to bring in for them to conduct their research. This year The Bear, in grade two, was given a similar project and had a wealth of non-fiction texts, appropriate for his level of understanding to use to create his project about dolphins. It is so important for children to have a whole host of books available at their fingertips because you just never know what type of book will turn a reluctant reader into a lifelong reader.
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