Where else in the wild? More camouflaged creatures concealed-- and revealed

Review by Booklist Review

As in Where in the Wild (2007), poetry and photography work well together in this beautifully illustrated book presenting camouflaged animals. The left-hand side of each spread features a poem written from a creature's point of view, while on the right, a photo shows a scene from the natural world. The book uses gatefold pages to show the same photo twice. In the first picture, the animal is hard to find, but the interior gatefold images reveal the hidden animal. Notable for its finesse and variety, the poetry includes rhymed verse, as well as haiku and concrete poems. A playful, informative introduction to camouflage in nature.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2009 Booklist

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Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-5-Following the elegant design of Where in the Wild? (Tricycle, 2007), the skillful trio of Schwartz, Schy, and Kuhn once more create tri-part entries of poetry, photography, and factual explanation to reveal 11 creatures difficult to spot in their natural habitats. Like the animals, the poems introducing them vary in size and shape. Haiku, quatrains, and visual verses offer hints about the critters that are hidden (some more fully than others) in the lovely facing pictures. Each photograph folds out to reveal the highlighted figure of the designated animal against a shaded view of the first scene and a page of discussion about its behavior, physical characteristics, and interactions with other species. An inchworm, gecko, crayfish, ambush bug, and others are beautifully introduced in the guessing-game scheme. The camouflage concept is a worthwhile lesson, and the information is interesting. Best of all, the book's a versatile package for read-aloud fun and personal browsing and enjoyment as well as classroom use.-Margaret Bush, Simmons College, Boston (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Eleven species that hide in the wild are described in poems, photographed in their natural habitat and revealed behind gatefolds, which, when opened, also include additional information. This sequel to the highly acclaimed Where in the Wild? (2007) is equally intriguing. It even includes some pictures that show more than one member of the species. The range of animals is extraordinary, including insects (from inchworms to ambush bugs) and all forms of vertebrates (from scorpion fish to white-footed mice and snowshoe hares). The poems, in a variety of forms, please the eye as well as the ear and offer useful hints for searchers, who will probably begin with the camouflage game Kuhn's beautifully reproduced photographs provide. The additional information includes both habits and habitats plus an explanation of how the creature's camouflage works. No information sources are provided. A teacher's guide for the previous volume available at the publisher's website offers pertinent suggestions for classroom use. For students as well as independent readers or browsers, this is a treat. (Informational picture book. 5-10) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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If you were a frog or a fish or a bird or a bug--or almost any other kind of animal--you would probably live longer if you could hide with your colors. Whether you were looking for food or trying to avoid being someone else's food, camouflage could help you survive. If a predator doesn't see you, it can't eat you. If your prey doesn't see you, it can be your next meal. In our previous book, Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed...and Revealed , we introduced ten well-camouflaged animals. We had so much fun with Where in the Wild? that we decided to write this sequel. Now you can puzzle over eleven more hidden animals--and we've got some wild ones! You'll discover an enchanting collection of camouflaged creatures: an insect that looks just like the leaves on which it feeds; a fish with venomous spines you wouldn't want to touch but may find impossible to see; a mammal as white as freshly fallen snow in the winter, but as brown as bare earth in the summer. These animals and others lie in wait to challenge your powers of observation. Both Where in the Wild? and Where Else in the Wild? feature photographs of hidden animals lurking in their natural environment. Can you spot them? Poems provide clues about each animal so you can try to figure out what you're looking for. When you're ready to find out who's hiding and where, lift the photo page. The camouflaged creature is revealed in its hiding place. Then, read the fascinating facts on the facing page about this animal's natural history and how it uses camouflage to survive. This book works the same way as Where in the Wild?, but there is a difference: some of these photographs have not just one camouflaged creature, but two or three. Each poem will give you clues about how many animals you're looking for. Before you lift the page, try to find them all. Good luck! Sample Poem: Measure by Measure creeping and crawling, I bend and extend--smooth, hairless body, legs at each end green as these tendrils of curlicue vine--standing immobile at danger's first sign chomping and munching, feeding all day--measure by measure, inching my way Sample Naturalist Notes: Inchworm Inch by inch, inchworms inch their way along a branch or vine. Also called measuring worms or loopers, inchworms are the larvae of geometer moths. The word geometer means "earth measurer" because the larvae of geometer moths appear to be "measuring" with their inch-long bodies as they move. With legs at each end, they bend into a loop and then straighten out to their full length. Green, brown, gray, or black, inch-worms of many species look like the twigs of the trees they feed upon. The resemblance is so strong that predators have a hard time noticing them. If danger comes too close, the inchworm makes a silken thread from a gland in its mouth and slides down the thread. Hanging in midair, it looks even more like a twig. When the threat has passed, the inchworm climbs back up the thread to munch on leaves once again. Like most insect larvae, inchworms undergo complete metamorphosis. This process begins when they lower themselves to the ground and burrow into the earth to spin silken cocoons. They pass the winter as pupae until they emerge in the spring, fully transformed into adult moths. After finding a mate, female moths lay eggs. These hatch into larvae and the daily routine of feeding and inching, inching and feeding, begins again. Excerpted from Where Else in the Wild? by David M. Schwartz, Yael Schy All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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