What If You Had Animal Scales!?: Or Other Animal Coats?

by Sandra Markle (Author) Howard McWilliam (Illustrator)

What If You Had Animal Scales!?: Or Other Animal Coats?
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
If you could have any animal's coat, whose would you choose?

What if you woke up one morning and discovered your body was covered in an animal's scales, feathers, or fur instead of your own skin? How would that change your life? What If You Had Animal Scales!? is the next imaginative book in Sandra Markle's popular What If You Had series.

If you had a chinchilla's fur, you'd never need to worry about bug spray. If you had a hammerhead shark's scales, you'd be the fastest swimmer on the team! And if you had a honeybee's coat, you'd always bring home the biggest haul on Halloween.

Discover what your life would be like if you had these special coats -- and find out why your skin is just right for you!

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Praise for What If You Had Animal Teeth!?:

Will surely satisfy animal enthusiasts and trivia lovers, and dentists and parents will appreciate the mention of ways to keep human chompers healthy. — Booklist

It's a hilarious and instructive combination that makes it clear just how variable and individually suited this aspect of anatomy is, and the art takes the concept and runs — well, chomps — with it. — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Delightful illustrations and factual presentations of animals make this a valuable purchase for early elementary classrooms and libraries. — Library Media Connection

The lively text, photographs, and quirky illustrations charmingly tell a great tooth story. — International Reading Association

Sandra Markle
Sandra Markle is the author of more than 200 children's books, which have won numerous awards, including Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, IRA/CBC Children's Choice, NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Books for Children, NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended, and ALA Notable Books for Children. She lives in Florida.
Vanessa Morales is an illustrator, character designer, and concept artist with a deep love for nature. She has done design and illustration work for Disney, Macmillan, Scholastic, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and more. When she's not working, she enjoys painting in traditional techniques. She is the illustrator of Could You Ever Dive with Dolphins!?, and more!
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781338666151
Lexile Measure
1010
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication date
November 02, 2021
Series
What If You Had... ?
BISAC categories
JNF051150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
JNF003190 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Reptiles & Amphibians
JNF051030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Anatomy & Physiology
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Adaptation
Adaptation (Biology)
Body covering (Anatomy)
Fur
Scales (Reptiles)

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