What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Author: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Title: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Illustrator: Unknown

Genre: Picture Book/ Informative

Subgenre: Sense Organs

Theme: Every sense serves a special purpose for every animal.

Primary Characters: No Actual Characters

Secondary Characters: No Actual Characters

Award/Date: None/2003

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Summary: This book simply asks the question how would different animals use their ears? How would different animals use their eyes? How would different animals use their tails? It makes children think of how multiple animals may use the same sensory organ for different purposes.

How used: This book would be great to teach young children about senses and the body of animals. It can show children how animals differ from not only us, but from one another. Similarly, it can show how the animals are similar.