Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781580895644)

Dig these crafty creatures!

We all use tools every day: a pen to write a story, a paint brush to illustrate a book, a fork to eat dinner. But it's not just humans who use tools.

Chimpanzees often poke sticks, straw, or blades of grass into termite mounds to draw out insects for a tasty treat. Veined octopuses have been observed carrying coconut shells--they crawl inside them and hide from predators when they need a rest. A New Caledonian crow can even bend a twig with its beak to use as a hook to dig out bugs.

Scientists don't all agree on what counts as a tool, but young readers will be inspired to observe the animals that live around them and how they use various objects to find food, to attract a mate, to protect themselves, or to build or conceal a home.

Renné Benoit's illustrations get closeup with each animal, exploring habitats, the special problems they face, and the ways they solve these problems--either by intelligence or instinct. Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use is a wonderful introduction to the animal kingdom and the many different ways animals survive.

Author: Ellen Jackson
ISBN-10: 1580895646
ISBN-13: 9781580895644
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2014
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.80w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 170840 / Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2014
Publishers Weekly 08/04/2014
School Library Journal 10/01/2014 pg. 130
Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 40