Sandra Markle
What If You Had an Animal Tail?
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Life Science
- Story / Adventure
- Nature Narrative / Field Discovery
A child sprouts a peacock tail, scorpion tail, or another animal tail and must imagine living with its specialized function. The body-swap joke turns comparative anatomy into consequences for display, defense, balance, movement, or communication.
The science inside
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Animals & Zoology
Your child will meet:
- Tails can contribute to balance, propulsion, grasping, signaling, defense, or social display.
- Tail structure works with the rest of an animal's skeleton, muscles, nervous system, and behavior.
- Two structures with the same everyday name may differ greatly across animal groups.
- Humans have a tailbone but do not have the anatomy required to use another species' tail.
Use it this way
Parent effort: No prep
If you could have any animal's tail, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and you had sprouted a tail overnight? What If You Had An Animal Tail? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw that you had an animal tail! From a peacock's showstopping tail to a scorpion's dangerous stinger, discover what it would be like if you had one of these special tails -- and find out why your own tailbone is just the right one for you!
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