Who Am I?: An Animal Guessing Game

by Robin Page, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator)

Overview

I have two big yellow eyes, soft, silky feathers, eight sharp claws, and an unlucky mouse in my pointy black beak. Who am I?  
Who Am I? gives reader clues so they can guess which animal will be revealed in a beautiful, full-spread illustration when they turn the page. Playful nouns, adjectives, and verbs describe the characteristics and movements of each animal. Minimal yet descriptive text encourages visual literacy and positions this title as a wonderful learning to read book. Extra facts will be included at the back of the book.     
 
Imaginative, fun, and beautiful, Who Am I? is an informative and dynamic picture book sure to please. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544935396
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/14/2017
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	667,548
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Robin Page has worked on numerous bestselling and award-winning titles with her husband and collaborator, Steve Jenkins, including Caldecott Honor Book What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Steve Jenkins wrote and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor Book What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative.

Editorial Reviews

"Jenkins and Page are back with another exceptional nonfiction title for young children... Readers are sure to linger on the images and appreciate the extensive craftsmanship that went into each feather and scale. A versatile early nonfiction title that will enhance both public and school library collections and is sure to become a household favorite." –School Library Journal "Their latest nonfiction offering adopts a more unconventional format: readers are given clues about an animal before it is revealed on the subsequent page. This playful layout makes this an ideal book for read-alouds... a delightfully fresh resource on the animal world." –Booklist "...The thoughtful selections and careful crafting of this new one should make it a good home choice and welcome addition to any collection." –Kirkus —

From the Publisher

11/01/2017
PreS-Gr 1–Jenkins and Page are back with another exceptional nonfiction title for young children. This one is a playful guessing game. Children are encouraged to examine clues and guess which animal will be on the next page. This brilliant interactive format makes it a perfect read-aloud for a library storytime or a bedtime story. The book concludes with a list of interesting facts about each critter and a list of titles to support further learning. The diversity of animals featured will keeper readers anxiously waiting for which creature will appear next. Jenkins's signature illustrative style is reminiscent of Eric Carle and Lois Ehlert with its paper cutouts and textures. Readers are sure to linger on the images and appreciate the extensive craftsmanship that went into each feather and scale. VERDICT A versatile early nonfiction title that will enhance both public and school library collections and is sure to become a household favorite.—Katherine Hickey, Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City

School Library Journal

2017-09-18
Disassembled animal images make a puzzle for preschoolers.Endlessly inventing new ways to organize Jenkins' realistic cut-and-torn-paper wildlife illustrations, this prolific couple here offer an identification game for very young audiences. Each puzzle takes up four pages. On the first spread are five captioned parts or characteristics of an animal: "I have…two touchy antennae, nine black spots, two delicate wings, six wiggly legs, two beady eyes, and a flower for a home. Who am I?" On the next is the reveal: "I'm a ladybug!" More information about each creature—size, likely habitat, diet, the utility of some of the chosen characteristics, and an interesting fact—is presented in the extensive backmatter, also presented in first person. There are also some suggested titles for further reading, including animal encyclopedias. The stars of this intriguing puzzle collection are an American bullfrog, cottontail rabbit, ghost crab, flamingo, great horned owl, spider monkey, and the aforementioned ladybug (ladybird beetle). As always, Jenkins' images stand out on a plain white background for ease of focus. The heavy-duty cardstock pages will stand up to repeated manipulation by small hands whose owners will want to play this game over and over. There is no dearth of animal guessing games on the market, but the thoughtful selections and careful crafting of this new one should make it a good home choice and welcome addition to any collection. (Informational picture book. 2-7)

Kirkus Reviews