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Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book

by Steve Jenkins Publisher: LITTLE BROWN BOOKS FOR YOUNG R

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A counting book built from animal oddities

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A counting book built from animal oddities

Animal anatomy becomes the material for a counting book, with examples ranging from a praying mantis’s single ear to the many teeth of a giant African land snail. The subject stretches across toes, tongues, fins, eyes, and other features, pairing number-based discovery with facts about creatures found in nature. Its organizing idea gives young readers a way to explore animal diversity through quantities and body parts, rather than through a single animal or habitat.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in animals and nature facts
  • Young readers who enjoy counting and exploring unusual body features

Themes

Animal anatomyCounting and numbersBiodiversityNature learning

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Book overview

Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page highlight the numerous strange and fascinating features and appendages from teeth to toes to tongues of all kinds of animals.

Did you know...
a praying mantis only has one ear?
a squid has three hearts?
a giant African land snail can have up to eighteen thousand teeth?

Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles celebrates the unique traits of the many animals seen in nature. From the two-tongued loris to a scallop's 200 eyes, readers will find joy in numbers within this reimagined counting book written by two masters of nonfiction. Enjoy learning all kinds of fun facts about the animal world as you look for fingers, fins, teeth, and everything in between!
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