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  • Time for a Bath

Time for a Bath

Author
Publication Date
March 20, 2011
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Time for a Bath
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Description
Vibrantly colored cut-and-torn paper illustrations introduce silly and quirky ways some animals take a bath, in this title of a new series by the husband-and-wife team of Jenkins and Page. Full color.
Publication date
March 20, 2011
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780547250373
Lexile Measure
670
Publisher
Clarion Books
BISAC categories
JNF051150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Grooming behavior in animals
Grooming behavior

School Library Journal

K-Gr 3--Jenkins and Page introduce an array of creatures, showcasing how they bathe and sleep. Both titles conclude with an appendix detailing further information about the featured animals. The illustrations are rendered in torn- and cut-paper collage, with each animal is set against a white background. The brief text floats nearby, resulting in a pleasant balance that focuses on the creature in question. In Bath, readers are informed that animals bathe for different reasons: to clean themselves, to cool off, to warm up, and to dissuade parasites. A "vulture takes a sunbath. The sun's warmth feels good, and the sunlight helps kill bacteria." The gecko, lacking eyelids, keeps its eyeballs dirt-free by licking them with "its long, flexible tongue." Sleep introduces animals from the familiar red fox to the lesser-known basilisk. Fascinating behaviors are detailed with explanations, such as the "white stork sleeps in flight...by taking a series of naps that last just a few seconds each." Among the myriad curiosities is the bottlenose dolphin: "one half of its brain stays awake to tell the dolphin when it's time to surface and take a breath." Readers will be captivated.--Laura Butler, Mount Laurel Library, NJ

Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Steve Jenkins

Steve Jenkins and Robin Page have collaborated on many books, including the Caldecott Honor-winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? and the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Move! Steve, Robin, and their three children eat, bathe, and sleep in Boulder, Colorado. Visit them at Steve's website at www.stevejenkinsbooks.com.

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