Who Am I?: An Animal Guessing Game

by Robin Page, Steve Jenkins

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:	9781328466655
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	11/14/2017
Sold by:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	141,552
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Robin Page lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and collaborator, Steve Jenkins, and their three children. Along with writing and illustrating children’s books, Steve and Robin run a graphic design studio.

Steve Jenkins has written and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor-winning 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. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and frequent collaborator, Robin Page. Visit Steve at stevejenkinsbooks.com.     

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

Guess the animal using a set of clues, including collage illustrations set against a white background. For instance, “Who am I?” with a long and sticky tongue, bumpy green skin, webbed toes, and a fly for lunch? Even young readers will know this answer (and groan at the “fly” part of the clues)! Turn the page to reveal the answer, with text and illustration. Seven animals are included in this guessing game. The final pages summarize each animal in the book and provide some additional details about the features that were mentioned. For example, readers will see that “soft feathers” help birds to fly noiselessly and that “antennae” are for smelling, tasting, and feeling. Each animal’s diet and habitat are a part of the summaries. A small-scale diagram provides an approximation of the size of the animal compared to a human. A resource list of titles is located at the back of the book for further exploration. The front cover demands attention, as a pair of eyes looks boldly from the cut-out. The book may help to initiate interest in beginning a science unit on animals for young children. Expect curious readers to ask for more books from the husband-and-wife team of Jenkins and Page. Reviewer: Carrie Hane Hung; Ages 3 to 7.

Children's Literature - Carrie Hane Hung

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