What If You Had Animal Scales!?
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2021 · Est. 10 min read-aloud

What If You Had Animal Scales!?

Written by Sandra Markle · Illustrated by Howard McWilliam

Part of the What If You Had series

Imagine waking up with animal scales, feathers, or fur. How would it change your life?

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32 pages· 1,299 words· Est. 10 min read-aloud
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What if you woke up with animal scales, feathers, or fur instead of skin? Discover the wild possibilities: chinchilla fur for bug-free days, shark scales for speed, or a honeybee coat for Halloween success. Explore how these transformations could alter your life and why your own skin might be the best fit after all. Dive into a world where imagination meets biology and find out what makes your natural coat just right.

From the publisher

If you could have any animal’s coat, whose would you choose?What if you woke up one morning and discovered your body was covered in an animal’s scales, feathers, or fur instead of your own skin? How would that change your life? What If You Had Animal Scales!? is the next imaginative book in Sandra Markle’s popular What If You Had series.If you had a chinchilla’s fur, you’d never need to worry about bug spray. If you had a hammerhead shark’s scales, you’d be the fastest swimmer on the team! And if you had a honeybee’s coat, you’d always bring home the biggest haul on Halloween.Discover what your life would be like if you had these special coats – and find out why your skin is just right for you!

At a glance
Format
Pages
32
Words
1,299
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD1010L
Themes & topics
Books about animalsBooks about anatomyBooks about biologyBooks about science and natureBooks about marine life
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.4
F&P level
~X
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
513515
Publication
Published
November 2, 2021
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781338666144

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