Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do by Steve Jenkins

Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do by Steve Jenkins

Dear axolotl: Why do you have feathers growing out of your head? Axolotl: They aren't feathers--they're gills! They let me breathe underwater.
Let's face it. Even as babies, we humans pay close attention to faces. Observing another person's features and expressions tells us whether they are happy, angry, excited, or sad. And when we look at an animal, it's hard not to imagine that its face is communicating human feelings. This isn't true, of course. Squinty eyes, an upturned mouth, or another odd expression is probably there because, in some way, it helps that animal survive.      Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous--and very true--explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world.

Robin Page is the author and illustrator of several picture books, including What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, which won the Caldecott Award in 2003. In Boulder, Colorado, Robin and Steve live.

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ISBN 13	9780544233515
ISBN 10	0544233514
Title	Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do
Author	Steve Jenkins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2014-10-07
Number of pages	32
Prizes	Short-listed for Keystone to Reading Book Award (Primary) 2016, Short-listed for Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Grades K-2) 2016, Short-listed for Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award 2016
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.