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Overview
Fourteen close up photographs showing where animals live. Each is introduced by showing a photo highlighting one feature and some clues. Then the complete house is pictured along with more facts.
About the series Whose? Animals: Author and photographer Wayne Lynch reveals the world of wild animals.
Asks the reader to identify various animals from descriptions of where they live and provides information about the physical characteristics and behavior of each animal.
Synopsis
Author and photographer Wayne Lynch reveals the world of wild animals. Each creature is introduced by showing a photo highlighting one feature and some clues. Then the complete animal is pictured along with more facts.
Joella Peterson - Children's Literature
Whose House is This? is part of the "Name that Animal!" series. The book is set up as a guessing game. On one page the author has a picture about a house and gives clues as to what animal might live there. Then, the reader turns the page to learn "whose house is this?" The idea for this book is very good; however, the animals specifically chosen by the author set up a reader for failure. For example, at one point the book talks about an animal that lives "high in the mountains" among "a pile of rocks" and has a coat of "woolly fur." A reader might first guess that the photograph depicts the home of a Rocky Mountain Goat because they make their home "on steep mountain sides". However, the vague clues are meant to depict the home of the Viscacha, an animal that looks like a rabbit but in truth is related to the woodchuck. Basically, the idea for the book is brilliant to get a reader to think about what type of animals could live where; however, the use of obscure animals and/or the use of vague clues and simple text set the reader up to fail at guessing correctly. Peaceful Moments in the Wild: Animals and their Homes edited by Stephanie Maze might be a better choice for readers who want to see the homes of more familiar animals. 2003 (orig. 1999), Gareth Stevens Publishing,
Editorials
Children's Literature
Whose House is This? is part of the "Name that Animal!" series. The book is set up as a guessing game. On one page the author has a picture about a house and gives clues as to what animal might live there. Then, the reader turns the page to learn "whose house is this?" The idea for this book is very good; however, the animals specifically chosen by the author set up a reader for failure. For example, at one point the book talks about an animal that lives "high in the mountains" among "a pile of rocks" and has a coat of "woolly fur." A reader might first guess that the photograph depicts the home of a Rocky Mountain Goat because they make their home "on steep mountain sides". However, the vague clues are meant to depict the home of the Viscacha, an animal that looks like a rabbit but in truth is related to the woodchuck. Basically, the idea for the book is brilliant—to get a reader to think about what type of animals could live where; however, the use of obscure animals and/or the use of vague clues and simple text set the reader up to fail at guessing correctly. Peaceful Moments in the Wild: Animals and their Homes edited by Stephanie Maze might be a better choice for readers who want to see the homes of more familiar animals. 2003 (orig. 1999), Gareth Stevens Publishing,— Joella Peterson