Book Reflection #12: “What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?”

Title:  What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Author: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page

Illustrator: Steve Jenkins

Publication Date: 2003

ISNB #: 061899713X

Grades: Kindergarten-Third Grade

Summary: The book is about different things used by different animals.  It shows you a picture of a nose, ears, tail, eyes, feet, and mouth.  This gives you the opportunity to guess what they do with that certain part, but when you turn the page it tells you what they actually use the part for.  For example, they picture a mole’s nose and on the next page, how a mole uses his nose to find his way while underground, or how a rabbit uses his ears to keep cool.  There are many different animal used in this book anywhere from land animals to sea animals, to birds to insects.

Why I liked this Book: I love books that teach you thing while you read them.  This book is a great book to learn about different animals and how they use what they have.

Uses in the Classroom: I would use this book while teaching about animals in science.  The first time I read this book I would ask the children what they think the animal uses that specific thing for.  It is a way for the children to think before they actually know that it is.  This may be a great way to have children learn on their own.  It also show them that what they think may actually be used for something else.  The children may write in their journals about how they learned something or added to what they may have known before the book was written.

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