Chameleons Are Cool - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1406318574 ISBN 13: 9781406318579

Publisher: GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2010

Chameleons are grumpy, pocket-sized, swivel-eyed, colour changing, long-tongued sharp-shooters. Chameleons are cool! This title supports KS1 - 2 Science and Literacy, in consultation with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. It includes text and illustrations, which support children learning to read.

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About the Author:

Martin Jenkins is a children's author whose work often centres around animals and the environment.A conservation biologist by trade, Martin worked full-time for ten years for World Conservation Monitoring Centre, writing about a range of conservation issues.Since 1990 he has worked freelance for organisations such as WWF and a number of UN bodies concerned with conservation and the environment.He became involved with children's books when he was asked to advise on Walker Books' Animals at Risk series. He has written several titles, including Emperor's Egg, winner of the Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award and Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back, which was shortlisted for the same award. He has also retold Gulliver's Travels, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and Don Quixote. Sue Shields is a Welsh illustrator. Her works include Gunpowder Guy, and Robbers at the Abbey, and she is a regular contributor to `Around the Globe': Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She works in a variety of styles, and has experience in history-related work and editorial illustration.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 1-3--With infectious enthusiasm, a boy explains his fascination with chameleons by describing their unique physical and behavioral characteristics. Vivid ink-and-watercolor paintings realistically depict a variety of the strange-looking lizards; each double-page spread shows one or more kinds. Miscellaneous facts are also included in small-print sentences that curve under or over the illustrations. The tone of the first-person narration doesn't get in the way of the information presented, with the minor exception of a section describing chameleons as "grumpy." While this title does not attempt to be a comprehensive introduction, some basic material is missing. Specifically, the text does not mention the lizard's tail, which in most species is prehensile and aids in gripping branches. Additionally, most of the species depicted are not identified. Despite these minor flaws, this book will serve as a companion volume to the more thorough introductions aimed at slightly older readers, such as James Martin's Chameleons (Crown, 1991) or Claudia Schnieper's Chameleons (Carolrhoda, 1989).

Karey Wehner, San Francisco Public Library

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