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Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use

Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use

Jackson, Ellen
Benoit, Renné

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AnimalsScience & Nature

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ISBN10: 1580895646
ISBN13: 9781580895644
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: Sep 9 2014
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.40 Width: 8.80 Depth: 11.20
Language: English
Dig these crafty creatures!

We all use tools every day: a pen to write a story, a paint brush to illustrate a book, a fork to eat dinner. But it's not just humans who use tools.

Chimpanzees often poke sticks, straw, or blades of grass into termite mounds to draw out insects for a tasty treat. Veined octopuses have been observed carrying coconut shells--they crawl inside them and hide from predators when they need a rest. A New Caledonian crow can even bend a twig with its beak to use as a hook to dig out bugs.

Scientists don't all agree on what counts as a tool, but young readers will be inspired to observe the animals that live around them and how they use various objects to find food, to attract a mate, to protect themselves, or to build or conceal a home.

Renné Benoit's illustrations get closeup with each animal, exploring habitats, the special problems they face, and the ways they solve these problems--either by intelligence or instinct. Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use is a wonderful introduction to the animal kingdom and the many different ways animals survive.

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