Nature's Rule Breakers

Creatures That Don't Fit In

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

Some rules are meant to be broken, even those in the animal kingdom!

You’re probably familiar with many of the common categories scientists use for animals: warm-blooded or cold-blooded, nocturnal or diurnal. But what about the animals that don’t fit in? Sharks cannot be classified as warm or cold-blooded—they are somewhere in-between. And Eurasian eagle owls don’t hunt during the day or night. Instead, they swoop through the trees at dawn and dusk. Author and science educator Jessica Fries-Gaither introduces eight common categories scientists use and the animals that break those rules. Gorgeous, full-color photos will captivate budding scientists with every read!

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Expository Literature, Animals, STEM, STEM: Life Science/Animals, STEM: Life Science/Plants
Copyright 2024
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2023-10-03
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF051150, JNF003000, JNF051050
Dewey 591.5
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Guided Reading Level P
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, and Reviewed

Author: Jessica Fries-Gaither

Jessica Fries-Gaither is an experienced science educator and an award-winning author of books for students and teachers. Her 20+ year teaching career spans elementary school through middle school science and math, three states, and Catholic, public, and independent schools. Additionally, she spent five years in the College of Education and Human Ecology, School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University where she directed NSF-funded projects and provided professional development for elementary and middle school teachers. Jessica is a reviewer for NSTA’s elementary journal, Science and Children, and has served on several NSTA advisory boards. Jessica presents at local, regional, and national conferences and teaches preservice elementary science and social studies methods in Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education program. Jessica lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and four dogs.

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“Not your ordinary display of interesting and appealing animals, this offering has an important message for young readers and the adults who care for them. For in-betweeners everywhere.”—Kirkus Reviews