Curious Creatures Working With Tools

by Zoë Armstrong, Anja Susanj (Illustrator)

Overview

From apes to otters to clever crows, this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book tells stories of amazing tool-using animals that use objects in crafty ways.

"This entertaining and informative title is a delightful read-aloud and a recommended addition to the nonfiction shelves."
—School Library Journal

"Full of fascinating examples on how animals get around in the world by taking things they find & turning them into tools as well. What a great nonfiction series, I’m excited to see what book comes next!"
—Oh The Books We Love


In Earth’s jungles and deserts and deep beneath the sea curious creatures are hard at work. Some resourceful animals use tools to get the job done, just like you do. There are bottlenose dolphins holding sponges to protect their snouts, chimps wielding stone hammers and tailorbirds stitching leaves with spider silk.

Learn how and why these animals toil with tools, and discover that you have more in common with them than you ever imagined…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838740016
Publisher:	Flying Eye Books Ltd.
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Series:	Curious Creatures
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	506,056
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Zoë Armstrong is a trained journalist who has worked in public relations within the charitable sector and in education. Zoë works as a freelance writer in Brighton where she lives with her young daughter. She is the author of Find The Spy.



Anja Sušanj is originally from coastal Croatia, she received an MA in illustration at the University of the Arts London and has been doing illustration ever since. Her first book was The Secret Lives of Mermaids with Flying Eye Books.

Editorial Reviews

"This entertaining and informative title is a delightful read-aloud and a recommended addition to the nonfiction shelves."
—School Library Journal

"Full of fascinating examples on how animals get around in the world by taking things they find & turning them into tools as well. What a great nonfiction series, I’m excited to see what book comes next!"
—Oh The Books We Love

From the Publisher

08/01/2022

K-Gr 3—This fun and educational picture book in the "Curious Creatures" series introduces a variety of animals that use tools in creative and unusual ways. The animals span from the well-known chimpanzee with a stick retrieving insects to the lesser known, and frankly adorable, otter using seaweed to secure a snack to its floating belly. The text is descriptive and active, written in a present tense narrative with onomatopoeia as the animals "tap tap" and "boom boom" their tools. In smaller windows of text, readers learn how animals are "just like you" and what is in each "animal's toolkit." Armstrong covers how animals create and adapt tools, seem to have favorites, and may even learn to use human tools. The spreads in pencil and digital media are entirely endearing, though not overly cartoony or doe-eyed. The color and detail are impeccable, with a purple octopus standing out in particular. The few people depicted accurately represent the diversity in the regions of the shown animals. VERDICT While there is no back matter, this entertaining and informative title is a delightful read-aloud and a recommended addition to the nonfiction shelves.—Clara Hendricks

School Library Journal