Step by Step

by Loreen Leedy

Overview

An adorable guessing-game introduction to baby animals and their footprints!

Who walks in the snow? A penguin chick! Who crawls to the ocean? A sea turtle hatchling! In this adorable introduction to animal tracks and habitats, young readers must guess which baby animals have made which footprints. Thirteen different species appear, including--in a final surprise--our own.
Published simultaneously in hardcover.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823441198
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	05/08/2018
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	60 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

LOREEN LEEDY is the author of 2 X 2=Boo, Seeing Symmetry, Amazing Plant Powers: How Plants Fly, Fight, Hide, Hunt and Change the World, and many more. Her books have been ALA Notable books, Kirkus Reviews Best Books, and Booklist Editors Choices.

Editorial Reviews

"Here is a science book with the 'aw' factor of a playful read-aloud for young children. . . . Incorporating a guessing game, a tracking guide, babies in motion, and introduction to habitats, this spare book is deceptively busy." —Booklist

"Questions set against a background of animals’ footprints invite young audiences to guess which baby animal left their print, followed by the answer page illustrating each youngling . . . A brief but informative introduction to animal behavior for the littlest naturalists and a fun guessing game for preschoolers."—School Library Journal

"The simple, patterned presentation neatly imparts multifaceted information, and a handy, succinct addendum will encourage second and third views. Effortlessly enlightening."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

05/01/2018
PreS-K—"Who walks in the mud? A puppy!" Questions set against a background of animals' footprints invite young audiences to guess which baby animal left their print, followed by the answer page illustrating each youngling, with some easier to guess than others from their respective marks. The sweet, realistically portrayed creatures include a duckling, fawn, sea turtle hatching, rabbit kitten, penguin chick, and woolly bear caterpillar, among others. The babies stand out against the creamy beige and other light-colored backgrounds; though, as they are digitally rendered, a few come across slightly glassy-eyed and stiff, especially the toddler on the "Who learns to walk on two feet?" concluding page. At the back, a small glossary supplies more information on each animal, describing their immediate post-birth behavior in a small blurb underneath a picture of each footprint. VERDICT A brief but informative introduction to animal behavior for the littlest naturalists and a fun guessing game for preschoolers.—Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY

School Library Journal

2018-02-19
Very young readers trail paths of baby-animal tracks to reveal unique attributes for each. Visual clues planted in soft, light, earth-toned illustrations are accompanied by a prompt to readers to guess each animal. On recto, "Who walks in the mud?" appears above several dog prints and a small pink bone. The verso after the page turn reveals "A puppy" happily wallowing in the mud. A new question on recto introduces the next young animal's characteristic and distinctive footprints to be followed after the page turn by its newborn name. Text next to webbed prints and cloven hoof marks respectively inquire, "Who waddles to the pond? / A duckling"; "Who stands up soon after birth? / A fawn." Readers learn that a sea turtle hatchling "crawls to the ocean," a rabbit kitten "hops from here…to there," a penguin chick "walks in the snow," an armadillo pup "digs holes in the ground," a hermit crab (no special name for its young is given) "wears a borrowed shell," an alligator hatchling "warms up in the sun," a woolly bear caterpillar eats green leaves, an ostrich chick is hatched "from the biggest egg," and an elephant calf "likes to play in water." The final baby, a pale-skinned, pigtailed child with 10 toes and two heels, "learns to walk on two feet." The simple, patterned presentation neatly imparts multifaceted information, and a handy, succinct addendum will encourage second and third views. Effortlessly enlightening. (Informational picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews