The Animal Toolkit: How Animals Use Tools

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Animal Toolkit: How Animals Use Tools
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Steve Jenkins
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:32
Category/GenreRecommended Titles
ISBN/Barcode 9780358244448
ClassificationsDewey:591.513
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
NZ Release Date 1 March 2023
Publication Country United States

Description

Did you know animals can use tools In this fascinating book by award-winning pair Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, we learn all about what makes a tool a tool and the remarkable ways animals can use them to find food, protect their young, and more. Until 1960, when Jane Goodall observed a chimpanzee using a blade of grass to "fish" for termites, it was believed that humans were the only animal to use tools. Since her discovery, we've learned that many creatures use sticks, leaves, rocks, and other natural items as tools. In this latest nonfiction picture book from Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, readers learn all about what makes a tool a tool-and the remarkable ways animals that use them to interact with our world. From the tailorbird, which repurposes spider silk to stitch a leaf into its nest, to the gorilla, which uses sticks to test water depth and build bridges, these animals are intelligent, innovative, and creative. Using his signature cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins offers readers a closer look at these animals, their habitats, and their behaviors. In turns jaw-dropping, funny, and inspiring, The Animal Toolkit will fascinate animal enthusiasts and aspiring inventors everywhere.

Author Biography

Steve Jenkins has illustrated many children"s books, including What Do You Do with a Tail Like This, a Caldecott Honor Book, and The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He has also illustrated Wiggling Worms at Work, Life in a Coral Reef, and Almost Gone in the Let"s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Reviews

"[R]eaders will be rapt as they find a wealth of animals and their beautiful colors and habits illustrated. Another winner for classroom and public library use." -- Booklist