What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? - by Steve Jenkins (Paperback)

About the Book

Using dynamic and intricate cut-paper collages, the author explores the many fascinating and unique defense mechanisms creatures use to escape from danger. Full-color illustrations.

Book Synopsis

What would you do if something wanted to eat you? Walk on water? Stick out your tongue? Play dead? Animals in the wild use all kinds of methods to protect themselves from their enemies. Using dynamic and intricate cut-paper collages, Steve Jenkins explores the many fascinating and unique defense mechanisms creatures use to escape from danger.

Review Quotes

"Jenkins has produced another marvel. . . . Young children will delight in first guessing, then seeing, how each of fourteen unusual animals avoids becoming someone else's dinner." Horn Book

"Thrilling, beautiful . . . dramatic." Booklist, ALA

"The youngest animal enthusiasts will find this an intriguing introduction to adaptation." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books --