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From the “crocodile’s dentist," to the “mongoose spa," Animal Partners takes a whimsical look at symbiotic relationships of animals large and small. Although many animals live in groups of the same kind, here you will learn how some animals form unique partnerships with different species. After all, don’t we all need a little help from our friends? This nonfiction picture book with a cuddle factor and rhyming text includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 29-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Animal Partners is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension. Written by Scotti Cohn, Illustrated by Shennen Bersani
32 pg, 10 x 8.5, Ages 4-8, Grades K-3, Lexile: AD 750, F&P: O
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| Keywords: animal adaptations, symbiotic relationships, habitats |
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| Animals in the book: anemone, Atlantic mackerel, barnacle, beetle, boxer crab, crocodile, emperor shrimp, fly, forest mouse, marine iguana, mongoose, plover, Portuguese man-of-war, pseudoscorpion, red phalarope, remora, rhino, Sally Lightfoot crab, sea cucumber, sea turtle, shark, tickbird, wart hog, whale, wrasse
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| Vetters: Thanks to Loran Wlodarski, Science Writer, for verifying the accuracy of the information in this book.
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Reviews:
Some of the information in this book about symbiosis is conveyed through poetry. Poems are paired with vivid illustrations that add detail. At times the symbiotic relationship between poem and illustration is too dependent. - Library Media Connection
Each on a double-page spread, thirteen brief poems offer silly interpretations of animals' symbiotic relationships...paired with back matter explaining the scientific concept and differentiating between mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism, they are mildly entertaining vehicles for the information. - Horn Book Guide
Animal Partners is filled with short whimsical poems about the beneficial or parasitic relationships different species of animals have with one another. - Midwest Book Review
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