Look Behind!: Tales of Animal Ends

by Lola M. Schaefer

Did you know that animal and insect butts are amazing? Who has a glowing butt? Where do you see a zany butt? From A to Z, look through these pages and see how many alpha-butts you can find.

Genres: Picture Books

Library Binding

First published March 1, 2008

About the author

Lola M. Schaefer is an educator, writer, and gardener, and the author of many acclaimed books for children about math, art, science, technology, animals, and nature. She uses shovels, hoes, rakes, and scissors when she works in her garden. Lola M. Shaefer grew up in Indiana, and now lives in northern Georgia.

Reviews

[Karla]

Did you know animal butts are amazing?
Well if that doesn’t grab ya,...
Great story for a family
It’s long and it’s format doesn’t read well with groups of small young children
But it’s well written
Full of facts
Quite humerus
Well illustrated

[Sierra Fresh]

Look Behind is an informational story about animals, told in alphabetical order.The illustrations are watercolor and capture animals doing interesting and silly things. This book could introduce both biological facts as well as reinforce learning of the alphabet.

[Beckie Coldiron]

This is a hilarious book that explores the ABC's, while using the "behinds" of all different types of animals. I loved the creativity Schaefer explored throughout this book, and would definitely use it as a prompt for writing ABC books. I can definitely guarantee that students will find this rhyming book to be extremely engaging, and you'll constantly hear laughing while you read it. Since this book does talk about different animal behinds, you might want to be cautious with the age group. Therefore, I would recommend the book for children in 1st grade and higher.

[Paul Hankins]

Another title we will be throwing into the mix for our The ABCs of Critical Thinking project will be doing with our juniors this spring. This one was recommended to us by Aimee Buckner, a wonderful resource for early reader titles.

Playful approach to the ABC genre, but the non-fiction aspects of this title would make it a welcome inclusion into an animal unit.

As an invitation to writing, students could further explore appropriate body parts of the animal kingdom. Love this one!!!

[Rachel]

ABC Book with facts about animal butts. Good facts that kids will love.

[Marianne]

funny abc book - "butt" it must have caught me off guard. 8-)

[Christie]

A hilarious take on an A-Z book. Definitley one that parents will enjoy reading to their kids!