What If You Had an Animal Tongue!?

What If You Had

by Sandra Markle, Howard McWilliam (Illustrations)

If you could have any animal's tongue, whose would you choose?

What if you woke up one morning and your tongue wasn't yours? What If You Had an Animal Tongue!? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an animal's tongue instead of your own! From a Komodo dragon's split, yellow tongue (which can detect food from five miles away) to a woodpecker's long, thorny tongue (used to dig into trees for food), discover what it would be like if you had these special tongues -- and find out why your tongue is just the right one for you!

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Nonfiction, Juvenile

32 pages, Paperback

Published September 15, 2020

About the author

Sandra Markle is the author of more than two hundred children's books, which have won numerous awards, including Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, IRA/CBC Children's Choice, NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Books for Children, NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended, and ALA Notable Books for Children. She lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida and frequently travels to schools sharing her program "Sandra Markle's Books Are REAL Adventures."

Reviews

[Michele]

My preschoolers sit in rapt attention as we read these books. They love them and they bring a great element of conversation as we ask which one they would like to have.

[mg]

100% worth the read; super fun facts made relatable to kids' lives. Great to integrate small portions into story times about specific animals!

[Lindsay Lodge]

I loved the information in this book, especially the fact that I hadn't heard of some of the animals mentioned. I also like the photographs of the animals and the fact that there is information about human tongues at the end. The only reason I didn't give the book a 5-star rating is because the cartoons included in the book just aren't my cup of tea. I've never liked cartoons.

[Ashley Greene]

Love this series! I can’t keep these on the shelves in the library!

[Launna]

Great info and fun format.