Spring 2020
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Play Like an Animal!

Why Critters Splash, Race, Twirl, and Chase

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3   ·  
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Dash! Hide! Splash! Ride! Exuberant text celebrates all the different ways animals play, from rhinos taking mud baths and parrots somersaulting through the air to kangaroos boxing and dolphins diving through the surf. Additional text explains how playing benefits animals. Fascinating back matter gives more information about the featured animals in the book and encourages readers to make time to play every day!

Format Your Price
978-1-5415-5771-0
 $14.99
978-1-5415-8378-8
 $22.99
Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Nonfiction
Subject Animals, Science
Copyright 2020
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2020-04-07
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF021000, JNF003000, JNF051150
Dewey 591.56/3
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 10.625 x 8.875
Lexile 560
Guided Reading Level L
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Bibliography/further reading, Original artwork, and Reviewed

Reviews

School Library Journal

Reviewed on 1 April 2020

“A fun way for children to realize that animals play just like them.”—School Library Journal

Booklist

Reviewed on 15 February 2020

“An inviting choice for animal-lovers.”—Booklist

Author: Maria Gianferrari

Maria Gianferrari is an author who lives in northern Virginia with her family and dog.

Illustrator: Mia Powell

Mia Powell is an illustrator based in the United Kingdom.