Chameleons Are Cool - Read and Wonder

Zusatztext May well spur a visit to the reptile house. —Publishers Weekly With infectious enthusiasm! a boy explains his fascination with chameleons by describing their unique physical and behavioral characteristics. Vivid ink-and-watercolor paintings realistically depict a variety of the strange-looking lizards. —School Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Martin Jenkins first saw chameleons in Madagascar and, he says, "fell in love with them at first sight. I picked one up, ever so gently, and it promptly bit me on the thumb. I still think they are wonderful, but tend to leave them alone whenever I bump into them." Sue Shields had to develop a new way of painting for Chameleons Are Cool, "to try to describe not only the chameleons' astonishing colors, but also the hint of the colors they can change into." Klappentext The ability to change color, a sharp-shooting tongue, and skin covering your eyes - now that is cool. Read and Wonder books tell stories, take children on adventures, and reveal how big and WONDER-full the natural world really is. Back matter includes an index. Zusammenfassung The ability to change color! a sharp-shooting tongue! and skin covering your eyes — now  that  is cool. Read and Wonder books tell stories! take children on adventures! and reveal how big and WONDER-full the natural world really is. Back matter includes an index.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Jenkins, Martin/ Shields Jenkins, Sue Shields
• Assisted by: Sue Shields (Illustration)
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.05.2001
• EAN: 9780763611392
• ISBN: 978-0-7636-1139-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 249 mm x 4 mm
• Series: Read and Wonder (Paperback); Read and Wonder; Read and Wonder
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment