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Extreme Animals

In a style much like their other book Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable, author and illustrator Nicola Davies and Neal Layton return with a new book on the necessities of life. This is a fascinating book about how different animals have the same basic needs in life: finding food and water, staying warm or cool, living in the right atmospheric pressure, and breathing air. For any living creature, plant, insect or mammal, not having enough food or being too cold is a tremendous stress on the body. Though the pencil-drawn illustrations are not sophisticated or technical, they will certainly appeal to kids. Students who may have studied polar bears and penguins before may enjoy reading about these animals in this approach. These new facts may also stay with the students longer, as these animals are presented in comparison to the human body. For examples, human beings do not have feathers or eight legs, but they do share the need to stay warm and find food and water.

Grade Level: 4-5

Genre: Nonfiction

Format: Picture Story Book

Content:

Animal Stories
Life Science