Camouflage: Changing to Hide

by Bobbie Kalman

This beautiful book explains the how and why of camouflage. It looks at camouflage as colors, patterns, and textures that some animals have on their bodies to protect them from predators. It also shows how other animals use camouflage to hide as they hunt for prey. Camouflage is a difficult concept, but this book presents it in a way that is accessible to even the youngest readers. Camouflage: Changing to Hide provides kids with detailed information about - How some animals are camouflaged by their shape, as well as their colors - Why animals need camouflage - Why baby animals may have different camouflage than their parents - How some animals that fly or swim are camouflaged by countershading Teacher's guide available.

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Bobbie Kalman (1947 - ) is the award-winning Canadian author of more than 400 non-fiction books.

She established herself as a leading author in children’s non-fiction in the 1980’s and 90’s with two acclaimed series about pioneer life, The Early Settler Life Series (15 titles) and The Historic Communities Series (31 titles), both published by Crabtree Publishing.
She has created many of Crabtree’s most popular series, which also include The Native Nations of North America Series (19 titles), The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series (93 titles), and The Science of Living Things Series (32 titles), among others.

Born in Hungary in 1947, Bobbie and her family escaped to Austria during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. The family spent several weeks there as refugees before immigrating to North America. A former teacher, Bobbie Kalman taught at both the elementary and secondary levels. She also spent several years working as an educational consultant for several publishing companies. Bobbie holds degrees in English, Psychology, and Education. She is married and has four children and three grandchildren.

Although best known for her non-fiction, Bobbie’s newest book is autobiographical. Released in September, 2006, Refugee Child is the account of Bobbie and her family’s escape from Hungary when she was just nine years old. Written to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in October of 2006, the book is told from the perspective of a young girl.

Reviews

[Rebecca Nevling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Camouflage Changing to Hide is a book that explains all the ins and outs of animals that have the ability to camouflage themselves. It addresses why animals hide, where they hide, how light affects their ability to hide, and much more. Every page displays beautiful photos of reptiles, amphibians, or mammals who use their camouflage abilities. I love that this book highlights new vocabulary words and defines them. This is a great tool for expanding a child's vocabulary. Another neat feature in this book are the quizzes to test what the child has learned. This is definitely a book every teacher and parent should have in their collection.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the pictures and descriptions. The text got a bit boring after a while, but it had good information.