Do Fire Ants Fight Fires?
Etta Kaner
ETTA KANER writes for both children and educators. Many of her books have won awards including the Silver Birch Award, the Henry Bergh Award, the Animal Behaviour Society Award, the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Award, the Scientific American Young Readers Book Award, and the Science in Society Book Award. Etta lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she enjoys watching animals at work in her garden.
Jenna Piechota
JENNA PIECHOTA is an illustrator from Thunder Bay, Ontario. She started a career in science but decided that drawing animals is just as much fun as studying them! She lives in Toronto, Ontario with her husband and their dog Chester.
A playful exploration of how animals work to survive, now in paperback
Do dolphins teach? Do birds build apartment buildings? Do tapirs deliver packages? You may be surprised at the answers! Animals have to work hard to survive in the wild.
From vultures that act as nature’s cleanup crew, to damselfish that help grow their favorite food, this book is full of interesting, surprising, and sometimes familiar ways that animals work and behave.
Written in an interactive question-and-answer format perfect for reading out loud, this third book in the Do Animals? series encourages inquiry and discussion. Silly scenarios and comic illustrations will invite readers to learn about animal adaptations and STEM in a fun and accessible way.
Etta Kaner, Jenna PiechotaSKU: OB400305n0nn1nWWW | ISBN: 9781771476935
"The mix of carefully distinguished fact and fancy makes the informational load easy to digest."
- Kirkus Reviews"Full of quick facts that may interest children in researching a specific animal even further ... A fun informational picture book for children that enjoy fast facts." - Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database
"Serves as a mentor text for young researchers wanting to share what they have learned in an impressive format. It delivers some surprising explanations, accompanied by cartoony artwork that enhances the facts and charms its readers."
- Sal's Fiction Addiction"Fun and intriguing illustrations show what it would look like if ants fought fires, vultures collected garbage, and fish farmed ... A very cute read for littles to show them that many wild animals have jobs similar to the jobs people do."
- Youth Services Book ReviewBest Books for Kids and Teens, 2023
OLA Best Bets Honorable Mention, 2023
Publication date
August 15, 2024
Number of pages
32
Interest age
From 4 to 8