Animals in Action

by Time-Life Books

Questions and answers, photographs, drawings, cartoon characterizations, charts, and diagrams provide information on physical properties and behavior of animals. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809448696
• ISBN13: 9780809448692
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Animals in Action for Kids

The Time-Life series, "A Child's First Library of Learning," is a useful set of works for younger readers--and their parents. The format is straightforward: A series of questions about the subject-at-hand followed by responses to those questions. For instance, this volume begins with the question: Do moths and butterflies have eyes on their wings? The question itself, by the way, suggests that the primary audience for this book is younger children. The answer? (Page 4) "Some moths have markings on their rear wings that look like large eyes. Usually the moth hides them, but when it's attacked the moth shows them to frighten the attacker." The book also provides a photograph and an illustration of the "eye on the wing." There are also related pictures and illustrations on the two pages reserved for the answer. Indeed, two pages per question is pretty standard in these books. Other instances of questions regarding "animals in action": Why do angler fish have lights (Pages 28-29)? Why does a lizard's tail break off (Pages 38-39)? Why do cranes stand on one leg (Pages 46-47)? Why do chipmunk's cheeks puff out (Pages 56-57)? Do bears really sleep all winter long (Pages 72-73)? All in all, a satisfying work. It allows for younger children to learn a bit more about the subject of each volume (in this case, behavior of animals). It can also provide an opportunity for children and parents to talk together about the subject.