Animal Coats
What's the book about?
Discover how different animals stay warm, dry, and safe with their amazing coats of fur, feathers, spines, and more. This book shows close-up photos of chimps, birds, and other creatures, and explains how their coats help them hide, keep clean, or even show off. It’s an easy-to-read adventure into the wild that helps you see animals’ “clothes” in a whole new way.
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Reviews
Ethan D, Age 5
This book is about
The book tells you about animals and which have coats, how they keep the coats warm and dry and which animals use their coats to show off with.
Feathers or hair are used as coats. Short feathers or hair keep the animal warm. Long feathers are used for flying and long fur is used to keep an animal dry.
The main characters are
Animals.
My favourite part of the book is
The chimps that are cleaning each others coats.
I would also like to say
I think it is nice that the chimps clean each other.
Ciaran, Age 5
This book is about
The book was about animal coats made out of spines, feathers, hair or fur.
The main characters are
The animals.
My favourite part of the book is
When the water birds comb their feathers with their beaks.
I would also like to say
This book had a useful glossary that explained the meaning of some of the words in the book.
Rachel, Age 6
This book is about
Animals and their coats.
My favourite part of the book is
When it tells you that birds have oil on their feathers to keep their skin dry.
I would also like to say
It's a fact book.
Hannah Courtney, Age 7
This book is about
about animals that had furry coats.
My favourite part of the book is
was the peacock and its lovely feathers.
I would also like to say
I love reading and reading chest, I read lots of books at home too.
