A closing cleverly designed diagram identifies the scale of all the animals and their usual habitat a brief bibliography is also included. Though the text is accessible for reading alone, the Q&A format is a natural for a lively and unusual readaloud-funny voices optional but recommended.

The facial focus makes the experience even more like a face-to-face interview, and the cut-paper illustrations are particularly strong on dimensional oddities such as the star-nosed mole’s anemone-like proboscis and the puffer fish’s inflated prickliness. The language of the questions is funny, varied, and irreverent, and the answers are as personable as they are compactly informative. Characteristics discussed are generally intriguing and even grotesque, such as the mandrill’s colorful nose (“My rear end is pretty colorful too”), the horned frog’s “ginormous” mouth, the red squirrel’s furry ears, and the giraffe’s purple tongue. I stick my face into the bodies of the dead animals I eat, and feathers would get pretty messy”), and a full-face portrait with emphasis on the feature in question. Each page offers a question (“Dear Egyptian vulture: Why no feathers on your face?”), an answer (“Are you sure you want to know?. Includes a printable PDF version and Google Drive version, as well as detailed instructions on how to use for distance learning! You can also download the Google Drive versions to use for other distance learning platforms.Estimable natural historian Jenkins turns here to a Q&A format in this gallery of unusual animal features.

Determine Important Details and Justify with Reasoning.

This product includes 9 different activities to pair with the book with options to differentiate! The activities in this product support understanding of concepts taught in the book and does not replace the actual book. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film.

This book companion is a supplemental resource. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. With this resource, students will learn about and review central/main idea and supporting details, determine important vs interesting information, make connections, explore text features, and more! Support student understanding of the book 'Creature Features' by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page with 18 pages of engaging activities targeting vocabulary, reading skills, and comprehension.

Creature Features by Steve Jenkins