Sandra Markle

What If You Had Animal Feet?

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Why this book counts

  • Life Science
  • Physics & Energy
  • Story / Adventure
  • Nature Narrative / Field Discovery

Illustrated children try cheetah feet, mountain-goat hooves, fly feet, and other specialized animal structures in human situations. The absurd swaps turn traction, speed, climbing, and surface contact into visible structure-and-function problems.

The science inside

  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Motion, Forces & Machines
  • Animals & Zoology

Your child will meet:

  • Foot shape and surface texture affect grip, pressure, stability, and force against the ground.
  • Fast running depends on coordinated limbs, muscles, tendons, balance, and stride rather than feet alone.
  • Climbing hooves and adhesive insect feet solve different contact problems on different surfaces.
  • A specialized foot can provide an advantage in one habitat while creating a disadvantage elsewhere.

Use it this way

For one animal, draw the foot, its surface, its movement, and the force or grip problem it solves, then name why the same foot would be awkward in a classroom; do not attempt barefoot climbing, speed trials, adhesive experiments on skin, or animal-track pursuit.

Parent effort: No prep

If you could have any animal's feet, whose would you choose? WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL FEET? is the next book in the successful WHAT IF series by Sandra Markle, illustrated by Howard McWilliam, following the very popular WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL TEETH? and WHAT YOU IF HAD ANIMAL HAIR? This latest edition teaches kids about the amazing variety of feet in the animal kingdom and their specialty functions! From cheetahs' fast feet to mountain goats' nimble climbing hooves, to flies' sticky feet! Each animal profile includes a photo as well as illustrations of kids with animal feet that are sure to make kids laugh!

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