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Where Else in the Wild?
Did you find that sneaky orchid mantis hiding on the cover?
This book is full of similarly sly species--and they're all hiding in plain sight. Think you've spotted one? Lift the flap to find out! Each of the camouflaged creatures on these pages, from chickadees to crayfish, is disguised for a reason. Some are on the prowl for prey, while others hide from hungry predators. Discover why geckos have a spooky reputation; why it pays for a mouse to have a dark-colored back and light-colored belly; and why you wouldn't want to be fooled by a scorpion fish. In this follow-up to the acclaimed Where in the Wild? , David Schwartz, Yael Schy, and Dwight Kuhn take readers on another remarkable tour through the fascinating world of animal camouflage.
This book is full of similarly sly species--and they're all hiding in plain sight. Think you've spotted one? Lift the flap to find out! Each of the camouflaged creatures on these pages, from chickadees to crayfish, is disguised for a reason. Some are on the prowl for prey, while others hide from hungry predators. Discover why geckos have a spooky reputation; why it pays for a mouse to have a dark-colored back and light-colored belly; and why you wouldn't want to be fooled by a scorpion fish. In this follow-up to the acclaimed Where in the Wild? , David Schwartz, Yael Schy, and Dwight Kuhn take readers on another remarkable tour through the fascinating world of animal camouflage.
50 pages, Hardcover
First published September 8, 2009
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David M. Schwartz
75Ìýbooks24Ìýfollowers As a child, I was filled with a sense of awe as I contemplated the universe. The huge numbers of stars and their sizes and distances never failed to amaze me. With binoculars and magnifying glass, I also focused on closer subjects like birds, flowers, frogs and bugs.
But science and math weren't my only fascinations: I also loved bicycles, baseball, boats…and ice cream. Years later, on a clear spring night, I looked up at the sky and a shower of memories descended. I suddenly remembered my childhood awe at the wonders of space.
That night I was inspired to write my first book, How Much Is a Million? Now, almost 50 books later, I spend much of my time finding unusual, whimsical ways to make math and science come alive for kids and teachers, both through my writing, and through speaking at schools and conferences. I also write science articles for magazines, especially Smithsonian, and to do the research I've made exciting trips to some of the more remote corners of several continents. I've been to Africa to study hippos, to South America to visit an indigenous tribe living in the rain forest, and to far northern Scotland to track illegal egg collectors. But I still love the land outside my door in northern California, and the same distant stars that inspired me years ago.
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But science and math weren't my only fascinations: I also loved bicycles, baseball, boats…and ice cream. Years later, on a clear spring night, I looked up at the sky and a shower of memories descended. I suddenly remembered my childhood awe at the wonders of space.
That night I was inspired to write my first book, How Much Is a Million? Now, almost 50 books later, I spend much of my time finding unusual, whimsical ways to make math and science come alive for kids and teachers, both through my writing, and through speaking at schools and conferences. I also write science articles for magazines, especially Smithsonian, and to do the research I've made exciting trips to some of the more remote corners of several continents. I've been to Africa to study hippos, to South America to visit an indigenous tribe living in the rain forest, and to far northern Scotland to track illegal egg collectors. But I still love the land outside my door in northern California, and the same distant stars that inspired me years ago.
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December 13, 2011
This was a fun book with beautiful photographs of animals at their camouflaged finest. My niece enjoyed the book more than my nephew did, but both of them had fun looking for the animals hidden in their environments.
Neither child had the interest or the patience to listen to the poems that accompanied each animal's page, so evenutally I just quit reading those. I also quickly abandoned my attempts to read the interesting information that was provided about each animal. The act of looking for the animals was just too much fun to bother with literacy or education! :-)
I could see this book appealing to kids from pre-school on up to 3rd or 4th grade. Parents and teachers could use this book in various ways depending on the age of the kids in question. Despite my efforts, the kids in my life just wanted to look at the pictures and find the animals, and I guess that's just perfectly ok, too.
Neither child had the interest or the patience to listen to the poems that accompanied each animal's page, so evenutally I just quit reading those. I also quickly abandoned my attempts to read the interesting information that was provided about each animal. The act of looking for the animals was just too much fun to bother with literacy or education! :-)
I could see this book appealing to kids from pre-school on up to 3rd or 4th grade. Parents and teachers could use this book in various ways depending on the age of the kids in question. Despite my efforts, the kids in my life just wanted to look at the pictures and find the animals, and I guess that's just perfectly ok, too.
February 28, 2017
Text: 5 stars
Art: 5 stars
Sequel to , using the same double-flap format. The science writing is interesting, readable, and well researched. The poems are creative and expertly executed. And the photography is outstanding. The combined result is a fantastic learning experience that is so much fun, kids (and adults too) will never see the education coming. Hope there are more of these books to come!
Art: 5 stars
Sequel to , using the same double-flap format. The science writing is interesting, readable, and well researched. The poems are creative and expertly executed. And the photography is outstanding. The combined result is a fantastic learning experience that is so much fun, kids (and adults too) will never see the education coming. Hope there are more of these books to come!
August 4, 2016
Good book showing how animals can camouflage themselves in nature and if you look close enough you might just see a little treasure that God created....krb 8/4/16
January 5, 2023
This book is lots of fun as children try to guess where insects and small animals are hidden in large, colorful photographs. Descriptive poetry accompanies each photo, offering clues to help identify the camouflaged creature. The reader opens a flap to reveal the hiding spot and discovers interesting facts about the animal or insect and how it survives using camouflage. Fascinating to look at again and again, and although recommended for grades K through two, older kids and adults loved it just as much!
February 13, 2018
A fun book and very informative. The text works well for kids around 7 and older maybe, but the pics are relatively easy to find the camouflaged creatures therein (except near the end). Some of the last pics seem to be "off" a little with the resolution of the image and I couldn't tell if it was the pic or just me.
October 3, 2012
This is my award winning book which got the Monarch award.
This is a nonfiction book that reveals information about animals that camouflage themselves to hide from their prey. I truly enjoyed this book because I could see many uses out of it. The book is multidimensional because on each page is a poem about a camouflaged animal, and there is a picture where you try and find the animal. Also, if you open up the flap, there is detailed information about the animal. The poem is great because it uses lower level vocabulary, rhyme, and it gives out clues. All these characteristics would probably appeal to 1st-3rd graders. The author also occasionally makes the format of the poem match what the animal looks like. For example, the Lined Leaf Tailed Gecko hangs upside down, so the words in the poem are falling downwards on the page. I could see 3rd-5th graders being drawn to this book if they read the poems, but also the information on the inside of the flaps. The inside information could help students do a research project on the different animals. I would not use the inside flap information with the younger students because it includes higher level vocabulary and concepts such as:resemblance, breeding, inflating, and insulators. The author did a great job making a nonfiction book engaging to all elementary readers.
This is a nonfiction book that reveals information about animals that camouflage themselves to hide from their prey. I truly enjoyed this book because I could see many uses out of it. The book is multidimensional because on each page is a poem about a camouflaged animal, and there is a picture where you try and find the animal. Also, if you open up the flap, there is detailed information about the animal. The poem is great because it uses lower level vocabulary, rhyme, and it gives out clues. All these characteristics would probably appeal to 1st-3rd graders. The author also occasionally makes the format of the poem match what the animal looks like. For example, the Lined Leaf Tailed Gecko hangs upside down, so the words in the poem are falling downwards on the page. I could see 3rd-5th graders being drawn to this book if they read the poems, but also the information on the inside of the flaps. The inside information could help students do a research project on the different animals. I would not use the inside flap information with the younger students because it includes higher level vocabulary and concepts such as:resemblance, breeding, inflating, and insulators. The author did a great job making a nonfiction book engaging to all elementary readers.
February 15, 2017
Super fun camouflage seek-and-find book with riddle clues and more in depth information under the answer flap. Very fun.
July 14, 2015
If I read aloud poetry once a week to my students, I would use one or two of these poems to read aloud to my class. My lesson plan would be as follows:
Introduce students to the poem that you prepared on chart paper by reading the title. In this example, read aloud the title of the poem, "Firefly."
2. Have students predict what they think the poem is going to be about. Students may share their predictions with a partner, within the large group, or by writing them down on a sticky note and placing them on the chart paper.
3. Read the poem to your students. Use a pointer to point to each word as you read. Focus on reading with inflection and following the poem pattern.
4. After reading, discuss the meaning or message of the poem with students. Ask them, "Did you enjoy the poem? What did you like or dislike about the poem? What does it mean to you?"
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Introduce students to the poem that you prepared on chart paper by reading the title. In this example, read aloud the title of the poem, "Firefly."
2. Have students predict what they think the poem is going to be about. Students may share their predictions with a partner, within the large group, or by writing them down on a sticky note and placing them on the chart paper.
3. Read the poem to your students. Use a pointer to point to each word as you read. Focus on reading with inflection and following the poem pattern.
4. After reading, discuss the meaning or message of the poem with students. Ask them, "Did you enjoy the poem? What did you like or dislike about the poem? What does it mean to you?"
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November 23, 2009
Where Else in the Wild? is a book of clever photographs with camouflaged animals hidden among the world in which they reside. Each photograph contains a clue written as a poem. The camouflaged animal is revealed by lifting the page.
The poems are delightful. My favorite has to be “Ambushed.� The information about the animal is expounded upon on once the reader opens up the oversized page. Each animal selected is fascinating and remarkable.
A bit:
“If there were Olympic Games for underwater camouflage, the scorpionfish would take the gold! One of nature’s camouflage champions, the scorpionfish is the opposite of what most people expect of a tropical fish. It is not sleek, graceful, or brightly colored. Its color is a mottled mixture of gray, brown, and black. This strange-looking fish blends so well into a reef or rocky ocean bottom that you’d have trouble finding one, even if you knew exactly where to look!�
The poems are delightful. My favorite has to be “Ambushed.� The information about the animal is expounded upon on once the reader opens up the oversized page. Each animal selected is fascinating and remarkable.
A bit:
“If there were Olympic Games for underwater camouflage, the scorpionfish would take the gold! One of nature’s camouflage champions, the scorpionfish is the opposite of what most people expect of a tropical fish. It is not sleek, graceful, or brightly colored. Its color is a mottled mixture of gray, brown, and black. This strange-looking fish blends so well into a reef or rocky ocean bottom that you’d have trouble finding one, even if you knew exactly where to look!�
January 17, 2010
This is a wonderful book with three different layers of content to educate and entertain. The book contains twelve pages of hidden animals that are cleverly camouflaged, as only nature can. Accompanying the photos are fun and informative poems, often filled with puns and subtle humor that give clues to the identity of the creature hidden in the photo. And finally, inside the fold out page, is a lengthy description of the animal, with information about its habitat and its particular coloration.
You can read this book quickly, by merely looking at the poems and searching for the creatures in the photos. Or you can spend a considerably greater amount of time reading through each page. We did both; our girls and I would hunt for each of the animals and they would pore over each picture, and then over the course of a few days, I would read the detailed information for each one. It's a fun book and we will look for the first book in this series next.
You can read this book quickly, by merely looking at the poems and searching for the creatures in the photos. Or you can spend a considerably greater amount of time reading through each page. We did both; our girls and I would hunt for each of the animals and they would pore over each picture, and then over the course of a few days, I would read the detailed information for each one. It's a fun book and we will look for the first book in this series next.
July 9, 2012
Schwartz, D.M. & Schy, Y. (2009). Where else in the Wild? More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed...and Revealed. Berkeley: Tricycle Press.
category: informational, participation, poetry, engineered books (foldout pages)
A Where's Waldo of camouflaged animals. Amazing photographs by Dwight Kuhn show the animal completely hidden in its surroundings. These are coupled with clever poems filled with clues about the animal. Open up the page to see the animal in plain view with the background faded and facts about it. So fun and infomative!!
Interesting fact: co-author Yael Schy is his wife.
themes: animals, habitat, camouflage, poetry
classroom uses: storytime, library lesson on nonfiction books, science lessons/discussions on camouflage and habitat, fun book to have out for students to look at after checkout.
category: informational, participation, poetry, engineered books (foldout pages)
A Where's Waldo of camouflaged animals. Amazing photographs by Dwight Kuhn show the animal completely hidden in its surroundings. These are coupled with clever poems filled with clues about the animal. Open up the page to see the animal in plain view with the background faded and facts about it. So fun and infomative!!
Interesting fact: co-author Yael Schy is his wife.
themes: animals, habitat, camouflage, poetry
classroom uses: storytime, library lesson on nonfiction books, science lessons/discussions on camouflage and habitat, fun book to have out for students to look at after checkout.
June 2, 2010
Combine a book with flaps that reveal previously camouflaged creatures going about their ho-hum life outdoors, and you have a storytime winner! Kids loved trying to solve the "puzzles" of where the creatures were - and for those who weren't so brave, there was always the anticipation of the flap that opened up to reveal the now-you-see-it critter photos. The book works also because of the many different sorts of poems - they keep the text side of the book short enough that younger children can keep their attentions focused on each page.
September 30, 2013
This book is lots of fun as children try to guess where insects and small animals are hidden in large, colorful photographs. Descriptive poetry accompanies each photo, offering clues to help identify the camouflaged creature. The reader opens a flap to reveal the hiding spot and discovers interesting facts about the animal or insect and how it survives using camouflage. Fascinating to look at again and again, and although recommended for grades K through two, older kids and adults loved it just as much!
April 22, 2011
I loved this poetry collection about camouflaged creatures. The illustrations are a seek and find and would be a great visionary tool to help children see a picture in a picture. It is a great way to learn about creepy crawlers!
September 20, 2012
If you like nature books, you're going to love Where Else in the Wild! You can share the "ear-tickling" poems with the whole family while searching the "eye-tricking" photographs for the featured creature.
March 18, 2010
fantastic non fic about camouflaged animals, great to use during outreaches and storytime to let the kids see if they can pick out the camouflaged animal, its really fun!
February 15, 2011
Enjoyed just as much as "Where in the Wild."
November 30, 2011
# 1: It's got a liitle bit of mystery to it's photography.
# 2: It has so many fact's about all the animals involved.
# 3: It was neat to lean of so many cretures I have never seen before.
# 2: It has so many fact's about all the animals involved.
# 3: It was neat to lean of so many cretures I have never seen before.
April 27, 2012
nice combination of poetry and non-fiction with great photographs of animals hidden in the wild. pages lift to reveal the highlighted creature's hiding places.
August 4, 2012
You need the rest of the title: "More camouflaged creatures concealed ... and revealed" to understand what this book is about. Includes poems and photos that would be fun to share with a child.
December 15, 2012
A great book to use for teaching inferring.
July 19, 2014
This sequel is as good as the first. Poetic clues, great photography and interesting facts. Who wouldn't love the gecko on the cover?
June 3, 2011
i can't get enough of the camouflaged creature books
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