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How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?
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. Chimney swifts can, too. 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 rea...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
October 6th 2008
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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In their sixth collaboration, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page have created another stunning picture book about the amazing natural world. Each section explains a common problem and how different animals have adapted masterful ways to solve these challenges of survival. Each section begins with a problem, such as; "How many ways can you use a leaf?" The introductions include small illustrations of various animals encouraging the reader to find out more about them. The two-page spread that ...more
****K-5. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-618-96634-9. $17.55. In How Many Ways Can You Catch A Fly, Jenkins and Page explore six questions that will ignite a passion for the natural world. Each themed section has the same design, beginning with a question in large bold print: "How many ways can you snare a fish?";... hatch an egg; ...use a leaf;... catch a fly; ... dig a hole; and, lastly, "How many ways can you eat a clam?". At the bottom of the page ar...more
Steve Jenkins and Robin Page have once again crafted an outstanding science book using cut/torn paper collage. The title question and several others are answered showing the varied ways well-known and not-so-familiar animals perform the same task. While the questions are answered with the pictures and shorter answers in the body of the book, each animal is pictured again at the end of the book with more specific information.
This is a book students will enjoy poring over, for both ...more
This is a book students will enjoy poring over, for both ...more
This book presents a number of challenges animals face along with their unique methods for solving the problem. For example, one challenge is digging holes. Readers are presented with the question, "How many ways can you dig a hole?" When you turn the page, there is a two-page spread showing how different animals dig holes. There is an aardvark making burrows with his front legs and claws, a Mexican burrowing toad digging into mud with its feet, a red rock urchin wearing away rock or c...more
Hooray for fun non-fiction books! I sat with my five year old to read this book which is just as entertaining, if not more than many fiction picture books! There were things I knew and things I did not know about the animal world. The pictures were just great. There's plenty of information in the main part of the book, but if you want to explore the animals mentioned further, the end of the book contains more information.
Steve Jenkins' illustrations are always amazingly detailed, making each of his books worth a look. Educational as well, this title shows how different members of the animal kingdom accomplish the same task in a variety of ways, from catching flies to digging holes to hatching eggs (and some of it is just...ick) and more. Jenkins & Page are always a sound investment for the science shelves.
This is a great book to share with children. I like these kind of nonfiction books--basic interesting information is provided in a brief, upbeat manner, with more detailed information in the back for families who want to pursue the subject a bit more.
Good children's book, nominated for Young Hoosier Award. Non-fiction with some good gross-out science about fantastic animals. Would be better with photos rather than drawings, but they don't pay me to make THOSE decisions.
Another fun Jenkins books. Explores the different 'talents' of animals like how they catch flies, hatch eggs, use leaves, dig a hole, etc. I love how they share the information in a fresh and fun way.
This book does an impressive job of answering a number of simple essential questions about animals and includes an abundance of extra information in the back of the text. Great book.
Kaethe
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It was the Planet's Most Extreme Animals as a book. We all loved it because the art is awesome and the critters were almost all new to us.
Emerson School Library
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January 2011: shared with 4/5th grades in their nonfiction unit - they loved it!
I liked that it showed what all these animals can do to have a good life.
I love Jenkins' books. I like to read them while seated at the computer, so I can google for more images/info on the the animals he features.
I just really love Steve Jenkins. His art is amazing ... and your non-fiction lovers will go crazy over his topics. He "gets" some of the weird things kids are interested in ...in this case what animals eat, how eggs hatch, different ways to dig a hole, etc.
Fascinating information and eye catching art.
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