YES! (Sort of)
Elephants have huge ears with lots of blood vessels.
When they flap their ears, they create a breeze. This
cools the blood in the ears. The cooler blood then
returns to the rest of the body. Ahh, now that feels better!"
In a companion book to Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate? (2018), where interested readers learned how certain animals keep warm, Ms. Kaner shifts the focus to ask questions about how animals keep cool. The format remains the same. Question asked; question answered, and then explained. Kids will find this one equally fascinating.
Questions are presented on the verso, accompanied by an appealing illustration of the featured animal doing its best to keep cool. The recto gives the answer (YES! NO! (SORT OF)), and a short paragraph that explains what each animal does to 'be cool'.
Most animals will be familiar to the target audience, with a very few exceptions. It is always fun for young readers to get answers to questions they may not think to ask. Information about adaptations can be answered through careful research and accessible text. Ms. Kaner provides these answers in a format that is sure to please.
13 animals find a place in this new book, and they are situated around the world. The design is familiar and welcome, helping young readers easily navigate its pages. If you are keeping a classroom focus on nonfiction and how it is presented, this would be a welcome read-aloud for your students. It also acts as a mentor text for student presentations of their own research. On the final spread we meet a child who shows a few of the ways we humans manage the summer heat ... not always an easy task.
"Do oxen get haircuts?
NO!
Musk oxen have long, shaggy outer hair with a layer
of soft, warm wool underneath. This undercoat is
great for winter but too hot for summer. So every
spring, musk oxen shed their cozy undercoat. No
need to go to a barber!"
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