A Cool Summer Tail
Carrie A. Pearson
(Author)
Christina Wald
(Illustrator)
Description
When summer heats up, animals find ways to stay cool. In A Cool Summer Tail animals wonder how humans stay cool too. Do they dig under the dirt, grow special summer hair, or only come out at night? This sequel to the popular A Warm Winter Tail features many of same animals but this time, with their summer adaptations, offering an important -compare and contrast- opportunity.Product Details
Price
$9.95
$9.25
Publisher
Arbordale Publishing
Publish Date
February 10, 2014
Pages
32
Dimensions
8.4 X 9.8 X 0.5 inches | 0.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781628552140
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About the Author
In addition to Cash Kat, Christina Wald has illustrated Fibonacci Zoo, A Cool Summer Tail, A Warm Winter Tail, Habitat Spy, Little Red Bat, and Henry the Impatient Heron for Arbordale. She also enjoys illustrating a wide variety of toys, games, books, and magazines. From a book that featured hundreds of animals on each page (Look, Find, and Learn: Animals of the World) to games including the Star Wars role playing game series, every assignment covers something new and exciting. In recent years, she has illustrated tons of different animals for books and other publications. Christina enjoys the research aspect of such projects, saying that each new book is a fascinating new learning experience. She often integrates travel to research for her illustrations. She lives in Ohio with her husband and three cats. Visit Christina's website: http: //www.christinawald.com/
Reviews
In a rhyming text, Summer Tail takes a more lighthearted look at what animals do to keep cool in the summer. Each animal baby asks its mother if humans do whatever that animal does to stay cool. - School Library Journal
...Budding naturalists will come away with a sense of the variety of ways wild animals living in temperate climates stay cool. - Kirkus Reviews
In this story, readers can compare themselves to animals and their methods of staying cool in the summer. Students will learn about painted turtles swimming in ponds, black-capped chickadees perching in the shade, and wood frogs digging in the dirt. - Library Media Connection
...Budding naturalists will come away with a sense of the variety of ways wild animals living in temperate climates stay cool. - Kirkus Reviews
In this story, readers can compare themselves to animals and their methods of staying cool in the summer. Students will learn about painted turtles swimming in ponds, black-capped chickadees perching in the shade, and wood frogs digging in the dirt. - Library Media Connection