Author: Robin Page
Title: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
Illustrator: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Year: 2004
Genre: Caldecott
Format: Hardcover
Reading Level: Assisted, emergent reader
Interest level: Pre-k, early elementary
Topics: animals, senses, special
Summary: The book goes through highlighting certain animals and what makes them special. Some fish have four eyes. Crickets have ears on their knees. Some lizards can snap their tails off when in danger and grow another one. It then goes on to compare body parts of animals and asks the reader what they have that is or does the same thing.
Extension Activity: Discuss the five senses with the kids. What do we use our eyes for? (ears, mouth, hands, nose) Have them draw pictures of animals with big eyes (ears, mouth, hands, nose).
