Authors: Steve Jenkins, Steve Jenkins
ISBN-13: 9780618152438, ISBN-10: 0618152431
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: Reprint
Steve Jenkins has written and illustrated nearly twenty picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor-winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eyepopping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative. He lives in Colorado with his wife and frequent collaborator, Robin Page, and their children.
What would you do if something wanted to eat you? Walk on water? Stick out your tongue? Play dead? Animals in the wild use all kinds of methods to protect themselves from their enemies. Using dynamic and intricate cut-paper collages, Steve Jenkins explores the many fascinating and unique defense mechanisms creatures use to escape from danger.
The youngest animal enthusiasts will find this an intriguing introduction to adaptation.