What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? (by Robin Page, Steve Jenkins)

On double-paged spreads with crisp white backgrounds, the reader is shown a group of five similar body parts--noses, ears, tails, feet, and mouths--and asked to guess which animal each belongs to. The answers are on the following page with a picture of the whole animal and a brief description of how each animal uses that body part in a slightly differently way. At the back of the book there are four pages of additional notes on each animal.

Elegantly designed, the pages of this book have bright white backgrounds and fascinating, subtly colored, textured paper collage illustrations. The book is a smorgasbord for the eyes. Using a second-person voice in the text, the authors draw the reader into the book with direct questions as well as collaborative answers. Along the way, children will gather intriguing bits of information about both familiar and exotic animals. For older children who want to know more, the notes in the back are a treasure trove.

Author: Robin Page, Steve Jenkins
Illustrator: Leonard Jenkins, Robin Page
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Children's Books
Publication date: February 1, 2004
Number of pages: 32
Hardcover price: $15.00