If Animals Built Your House
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Explore animal habitats how they engineer their homes in this beautifully illustrated STEM book for kids. Filled with imaginative questions, animal facts, and educational backmatter, If Animals Built Your House is perfect for your elementary classroom or family library.
If animals built your house, would you live in it? This unique story alternatives between the narrator telling the reader what kind of house you would live in if an animal built it, and some fun facts about each! Perfect for teachers looking for STEM/STEAM books for kids 5-7, and books that highlight engineering for kids, innovation, and how things work for kids.
If a tree squirrel built your house, no one could ever sneak up on you.
Your house might look like just a jumble of leaves, but it's really a tightly woven, waterproof ball. No hard walls here—this furry builder used its body like a rolling pin to make a soft, cozy room. Just watch out for that first step out your front door!
Animals featured include squirrels, termites, grouper, honeybees, chimpanzees, tree frogs, polar bears, and more!
Backmatter Includes:
•Explore More for Kids: photos of all of the animals in the book, what their homes look like, and why they build them
•Explore More for Teachers & Parents: read-aloud suggestions, a STEAM design challenge, and more!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Paired statements and bite-size facts take readers on an engaging journey through various animal domiciles, explaining their construction and illuminating their distinguishing features: "If a tree squirrel built your house, no one could ever sneak up on you./ Your house might look like just a jumble of leaves, but it's really a tightly woven, waterproof ball." Evans's realistic, gently humorous illustrations, which combine realistic detail with close-up cross-sections, have something of the spirit of the Magic School Bus series. They feature a diverse group of hard-hatted children who shrink down in scale to explore a squirrel drey and a beehive, dive after beavers and red grouper, and snooze in bear dens. The closing spread shows children and animals collaborating to build various human dwellings including a tipi and asks, "So, what kind of house would YOU build?" Back matter includes animal photos and enrichment suggestions for caretakers and teachers. Ages 4 8.
