What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? is a nonfiction Caldecott Honor Book for primary to intermediate readers. What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? is a book about animals and what they can do with their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. The book is separated into sections: one for ears, eyes, etc. Each section includes different animals and tells us what each of those animals can do with that particular body part. For example, what do you do with eyes like these? If you’re a horned lizard, you s More...

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Grade Level: K-2
Reading Level: Fountas-Pinnell - J
Genre: Informational

This is another quality informational book by Steve Jenkins. It talks about the many different types of animal parts and why they are useful to that animal. Whether it is their noses, ears, tails, eyes, feet, or mouths, there are many different uses that different animals have them for. Jenkins presents each part in a very More...

Main Characters: N/A
Setting: N/A
POV: Narrator
Grade Level: K-2
Reading Level: Fountas-Pinnell - J
Genre: Informational

This is another quality informational book by Steve Jenkins. It talks about the many different types of animal parts and why they are useful to that animal. Whether it is their noses, ears, tails, eyes, feet, or mouths, there are many different uses that different animals have them for. Jenkins presents each part in a very interesting way. For example, when the author asks, “What do More...

This nonfiction book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page was done in a way children will enjoy reading and learning too! The illustrations are colorful and neat to look at. They images of the animals look like are done in a watercolor on cut out paper image.

This book starts out with "What do you do with a nose like this?" and it shows the nose of a platypus, hyena, elephant, mole and an alligator. It asks the children to see if they can recognize any of these noses. You turn the page and the full i More...

The book what do you do with a tail like that was written by Steve Jenkins. This is a book that teaches young readers about body parts on animals and what they can do with them. The Arthur explains what the animals can do with their ears, eyes, nose, mouth, feet, and tale. The Arthur goes though each body part asking what you can do with is. Then he explains what each animal can do with their special body part.
The plot of the story is based on facts about the animals that have been researched. T More...

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3. Critique



a. " What do you do with a Tail like this?" by Steve Jenkins is a good picture book . The book illustrates different body parts of animals such as noses and tails and then list how the animal they use the body part.

b. The cover of the book was not that eye catching to me like most children's picture books . The cover is mysterious , it left me trying to guessing what type of animal tail was it? , but it shows the theme of the inside . It also keeps the reader More...

Age Range - Primary

This book teaches young children about different animals by identifying body parts. For example, the book illustrates the animal's tails and asks "What do you do with a tail like this?" The book shows the animals in full color on the following page. The author then describes what each animal does with its tail. A monkey can hang from a tree, a scorpion can give a nasty sting or a giraffe can swat away flies. The book also asks questions about the animal's other body parts like More...

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page is a picture book intended for readers in preschool through grade two. I gave it four stars. This book is a book full of guessing and predicting as readers learn new and interesting facts about different animals’ noses, ears, tails, eyes, feet, and mouths. The pages follow a pattern of “What do you do with a…like this?” and “If you’re a…you…”, beautifully intertwining factual information and illustrations to teach the reader More...

I had heard of this book, but had never actually seen or read it. What a great way to get children interested in studying animals! It also provides children with a chance to look at the world from different perspectives. Looking at the crisp, brightly colored illustrations made of cut-paper collage students can learn about how animals have similar body parts and how the animals use them.

The book can be read as a read-aloud in K-2 and incorporated into a unit about animals. Students can be introd More...

Jenkins, S. and Page, R. (2003). What do you do with a tail like this? Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Summary:
This informational concept book poses questions about the natural world (“what do you do with ears like these” or “what do you do with feet like these?”) that are answered according to creature. The die-cut pictures add high interest and texture to the story.
At the back of the book are four pages that contain a detailed paragraph about each creature displayed in the story. It is divided into More...

Fiction books typically outweigh nonfiction books when it comes to Caldecott honors. However, this 2003 nonfiction book by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page definitely received the recognition it deserved. Its unique format and striking cut-paper artwork make it a perfect nonfiction book for kids of all ages.

The book focuses on unique ways animals use their very ordinary features – eyes, nose, ears, mouth feet, and of course, tail. For each feature, the question is posed: “What do you do with a (n More...

1. This book belongs to the Concept genre of picture books.

2.This book draws all readers in and keeps them guessing with its fun questions about what animals do with their different features. The book presents different animals with amazing abilities to use their eyes, ears, nose, mouths,feet, and tails in unique ways.

3.Critique:
A)The design of this book creates a guessing book which engages all readers.

B)The title of this book is a question, and the questions do not end there. As readers go th More...

This book focuses on many of the different types of animal parts and how they help them in their own habitats or in which way they survive. Whether it is their noses, ears, tails, eyes, feet, or mouths, these animals all have the same characteristics; they just look different and serve different roles in their survival. This book focuses greatly on diversity. Animals may look different but in the end have noses, feet, ears, etc. just as the next animal. This can be related to children very easil More...

Another book the Caldecott Challenge, this won a 2004 Caldecott honor award. I liked this one better than the authors' other attempts at nonfiction picture books. Even though this was a bit too advanced for my son, he liked it and the illustrations (which are done in Steve Jenkin's trademark cut-paper collage style). The book explores the different ways animals use their varied body parts, such as noses, eyes, tails, ears, mouths, and feet. Each section ask the question "What do you do with a [b More...

I can't resist paper-collage books. This one is beautiful! The colors and details of the illustrations are amazing!

I love the focus on unique animal features and how each is used in a unique way by the particular animal. Great book for science when talking about form and function. Includes details in the back with a paragraph about all the animals featured in the book.

Noses: platypus, hyena, African elephant, American alligator, star-nosed mole

Ears: yellow-winged bat, field cricket, antelope ja More...

This book was a 2004 Caldecott Honor book. It asks the readers to guess what animals match the parts that shown on the prior page and then gives interesting facts about what id unique about how that animal uses that part. For example, on one page it shows 5 different sets of eyes and asks "What do you do with eyes like these?" and on the next page it tells you about the horned lizard that squirts blood from its eyes. My students enjoyed reading this book together and guessing about the animals. More...

This is a wonderful book that every teacher should have on their shelf. It is an informative book that gives one clue as to what the animal is and then reveals it. There is no story line, just information about the animals. The illustrations are simple and inviting to even the youngest child. I gave this book 5 stars because the information is accurate and I actually learned something new about certain animals. There is a reason why this book received 11 awards. Every page has a little bit of in More...

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? is an awesome and informal picture book. The first page explains how to use the book, followed by pages that ask "What do you do with a nose like this?" with several different animal's mouths displayed on the two page spread. The next two pages are also a two page spread with the animal in full, explaining how the nose functions. Ears, tails, eyes, feet, and mouth follow, with all different animals being displayed. My favorite part about this book is the pic More...

Citation: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Scholastic, Inc., 2003). 32p. Informational Concept Book.

Summary: This Caldecott Honor book introduces the concept of animal adaptations with lively cut paper collage illustrations. A question is posed about each appendage, and then a short response is given for each animal.

Critique: (a.) The theme, or concept in this case, of the book is very successful. A short introduction is presented on the fifth page and the More...

Steve Jenkins' Caldecott Honor Book, What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? , is an approachable non-fiction text that allows young readers to read at varying depths. Each page incorporates texturally engaging mixed media visuals of each animal. The majority of the book includes simple text appropriate for young children K-2. Though the text is simple, it is clear that Jenkins understands what kids are interested in, with facts like "If you're a cricket, you hear with ears that are on your knees More...

This delightful picture book for Kindergarten to grade 4 uses creative illustrations and riddles to capture the interest of a wide audience. The illustrations are created with vibrant cut-paper collage, showing portions of one part of five animals on one page with the inquiry question “What do you do with a_____ like this?” The answers are found as the page is turned, with a brief description of how animals use their body parts. This format offers suspense for the reader as they consider each in More...

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This is a story recommended for children in grades k-4. It is a Caldecott Honor book (2004). This book is wonderfully illustrated and definitely interactive. Readers play a guessing game during the exploration of how many amazing animals use their eyes, ears, noses, feet, and tails.

This book is beautifully illustrated, interesting, and fascinating as readers get to know several facts about various animal features. Fascinating facts about nature and animals draw r More...

We got this for Christmas (thanks Aunt Amy) and have had a lot of fun with it. Each page shows different noses or ears or eyes or tails or whatever and asks what you'd do with that part. Then you turn the page to figure out what the animal is and what they do with the part. All of the boys (ages 8 to 2) enjoyed guessing and they were rather surprised by some of them. At the back is more detailed information about each animal.

The pictures are in the cut paper style which isn't my favorite, but th More...

He he he! We had fun with this book. When we got to the questions, like "What do you do with a tail like this?" we sang the question. My five year old likes singing A LOT so this was fun for her. We read "How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?" the night before this one which she liked, but with this book she asked me to immediately read it again and also wanted to know more about certain animals like the horned lizard that squirts blood out of it's eyes as a defense mechanism. There's lot of inform More...

If you like learning interesting facts about animals, you will enjoy this book! Find out how different animals use their eyes, ears, noses, and tails. Each page has animal parts that belong to all different kinds of animals. Your job is to try and guess what animal they belong to!
This is perfect for a read aloud to introduce the genre of non-fiction to young students in Kindergarten or even pre-school. The reading level is appropriate for first or second grade students, although the information More...

This is a non-fiction book, it is an award winning book. It won the award for Caldecott Honor Book.
I like how this book ask a question and than answers the question. When the book ask the question it shows pictures of the part of the animal it is asking about. I like the pictures in this book. I feel this is a good book for young children who are curious about different animals.
Also, at the end of the book it has a section with all the different animals it discussed and gives more information a More...

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? was an informational book about different animals and their body parts. The book gave descriptions of how each animal uses their body parts for different things. I picked up this book as my informational book because the cover was eye catching, and I thought that would be the same affect it had on children. The illustrations went right along with the text, and because the book was giving young readers (Kindergarten or first grade) a lot of information on ani More...

Summary
This book teaches you the different uses of animal’s noses, ears, tails, eyes, mouths, and feet. This book informs you that not all animals use these parts of their body for the same things. The back of the book gives more details about each animal. The illustrations are made to look like each animal was an art project.

Response
I gave this book five stars because it goes beyond any teaching of animals to children that I have ever seen. I have never come across a book that taught children More...

B picked this out for bedtime. I told him it was too long. He told me it would be quick. I rolled my eyes. But B was right. Every page he listed the animals like it was a race. On the next page Josiah listed the descriptions of animal actions like a race. We went through two-thirds of the book like this, with me reading less than two-thirds of the words and identifying far less than two-thirds of the animals, when I stopped the race and turned to B. "How do you know what these animals are?" He l More...

I cannot say too many times how much I love cut-paper collage and this book is full of awesome cut and torn paper animals and interesting facts about them.
The first page asks you what do you do with noses...mouths...ears...feet, eyes...and tails like this? You get to guess what the different animals are and how they might use that body part. The second page tells you what the animal is and how they use that particular body part. The back of the book gives brief information about each animal in More...