Tooling Around - Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use

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.

Product details

• Authors: Renne Benoit, Renné Benoit, Ellen Jackson
• Assisted by: Renne Benoit (Illustration)
• Publisher: Charlesbridge publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.09.2014
• EAN: 9781580895644
• ISBN: 978-1-58089-564-4
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 224 mm x 286 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology