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Starred Review A Peek at Beaks

Tools Birds Use

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Have you ever seen a bird using a jackhammer? What about one scooping up a meal with a net? Of course birds can’t really use tools, at least not the way humans do. But birds have surprisingly helpful tools with them at all times—their beaks!

Guess which birds have beaks resembling commonly used tools in this playful picture book from award-winning author Sara Levine. Delightfully detailed collage artwork by Kate Slater helps this book take flight!

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Picture Books, Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Expository Literature, Animals
Copyright 2021
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2021-09-07
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF003030, JNF051150, JNF051130
Dewey 598.14
Dimensions 9.25 x 11
Lexile 950
Guided Reading Level P
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Original artwork, Reviewed, and Starred Reviews

Awards

  • Sakura Medal Nominee, Nominated, 2023
  • Animal Behavior Society Outstanding Children's Book Award Finalist, Short-listed, 2022
  • Eureka! Children's Book Award, Winner, 2022
  • Notable Award Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

Reviewed on 15 August 2021

“[A] guessing game that will engage young readers.”—Kirkus Reviews

Starred Review School Library Journal

Reviewed on 1 August 2021

“[A]n entertaining and informative introduction to the world of birds and how they survive and thrive.”—starred, School Library Journal