Tooling Around
  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781580895651
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

Tooling Around

Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use

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9 Sep 2014
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15 Sep 2014
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15 Sep 2014
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Respected nonfiction author Ellen Jackson reveals the remarkable and often surprising ways in which animals use tools.

Humans aren't the only ones that use tools!

Simple, rhyming text introduces eleven animals around the world and the surprising tools they use, including an octopus that hides in a coconut, a dolphin that protects its nose with a sponge, and a deer that bedecks its antlers with heaping piles of mud and grass. Secondary text offers further information about these crafty creatures. Back matter includes an author note on tools and the science of animal behavior, information on the habitats of each species, and further reading for kids and adults. Perfect for budding zoologists.
  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781580895651
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99
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Praise for Tooling Around

Praise for Turn of the Century (Jackson)

  • Booklist/Editor's Choice
  • Children's Literature Top Choice List
  • "An astute and provocative book for browsing, or for tying into assignments."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
  • "Teachers and librarians [will] find lots of uses for this; kids will just like poring over it."--Booklist (starred review)

    • Praise for The Mysterious Universe (Jackson)
  • "[A] splendid invitation to explore darker corners of the universe"--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    • Praise for The Secret of the Village Fool (Benoit)
  • Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year
  • CCBC Best Books

    • Praise for Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion (Benoit)
  • Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award
  • Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books, starred selection