How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 061896634X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Chimney swifts can, too. Flies are fast! They can hover, walk upside down, and use their lightning-quick reflexes to escape predators. But rainbow trout, slender lorises, and assassin bugs can catch them. How do such diverse creatures manage to capture the same prey? Similar in structure to What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, this eye-popping picture book introduces readers to a menagerie of animals that approach the same challenges in very different ways.
Great nonfiction choice for young animal lovers. The Well-Read Child I'm a fan of Steve Jenkins and Robin Page because I think they do an amazing job of making nonfiction interesting and engaging and presenting fun and interesting facts. I also think they make an effort to keep their content fresh. I always know that when I pick up one of their bo. Insights into how very different creatures harbor similar habits Midwest Book Review Steve Jenkins and Robin Page's HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU CATCH A FLY? provides a fine picture book story of fast creatures and how different creatures can succeed at capturing the same prey. Drawings of birds and animals like offer insights into how very different creatures harbor si. brenda e clark said teaching tool. using for 6th grade problem solving skills. This book is great for using with 6th grade measuring review the first weeks of the new school year. thanks
From School Library Journal Starred Review. Grade 1–5—In this new take on animal adaptation, readers are asked to guess how six different animals might hatch an egg, use a leaf, eat a clam, or dig a hole. Jenkins's beguiling slender loris on the cover, with its torn-paper fur and uncannily realistic eyes, draws readers into a menagerie of detailed paper art. . This is good science, organized and illustrated for joyful learning.—Ellen Heath, Easton Area Public Library, Easton, PACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. They can then turn the page to see how the creatures, ranging from the well-known grizzly bear to the unusual white tent bat, pull off the task. All rights reserved. Jenkins and Page have done a remarkable job of selecting animals with unique adaptations and organizing them into cate