Whose Bones Are Those?
by Chihiro Takeuchi (Author) Chihiro Takeuchi (Illustrator)
Inventive and stylish, informative and whimsical, this conceptual picture book from a noted cut-paper artist invites young readers to "guess the animal" by perusing its bones.
Whose bones? A scattering of tiny bones, spread across a vivid background, seem to offer no clues. But turn the page and the bones have elegantly come together, revealing the form of a snake or a lion, a crocodile or an elephant, a flamingo or even a whale. Every vibrant spread of this fascinating book features the skeleton--and also a stylized representation--of a different animal. Even the youngest of readers are invited to scrutinize the visual clues to figure out whose bones are portrayed in this fascinating introduction to vertebrates.
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—The Virginian Pilot An unusual and delightful sort of matching game for young readers. . . It's a visually striking book, in which the page-turns are everything, and an entertaining guessing game for very young children, especially those first learning about the skeletal system and that, underneath all the trappings, many creatures are a heap of bones.
—Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF051030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Anatomy & Physiology
