
Written & illustrated by Chihiro Takeuchi
Guess the animal by its bones in this vibrant, interactive journey through vertebrates.
Dive into a colorful world where scattered bones transform into familiar creatures. Young readers are challenged to identify animals like snakes, lions, and elephants by examining their skeletons. Each page turn reveals a new mystery, inviting curiosity and discovery. Can you guess whose bones are next?
Inventive and stylish, informative and whimsical, this conceptual picture book from a noted cut-paper artist invites young readers to “guess the animal” by perusing its bones. Whose bones? A scattering of tiny bones, spread across a vivid background, seem to offer no clues. But turn the page and the bones have elegantly come together, revealing the form of a snake or a lion, a crocodile or an elephant, a flamingo or even a whale. Every vibrant spread of this fascinating book features the skeleton–and also a stylized representation–of a different animal. Even the youngest of readers are invited to scrutinize the visual clues to figure out whose bones are portrayed in this fascinating introduction to vertebrates.
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