描述
By: Zoë Armstrong | Illustrator: Anja Susanj
From apes to dolphins to clever crows, this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book tells stories of amazing and resourceful tool-using animals that use objects in all kinds of crafty ways.
In Earth’s jungles and deserts and deep beneath the sea curious creatures are hard at work. Some resourceful animals use tools to get the job done, just like you do. There are bottlenose dolphins holding sponges to protect their snouts, chimps wielding rocky hammers and tailorbirds stitching leaves with spider silk.
Learn how and why these animals toil with tools, and discover that you have more in common with them than you ever imagined…
Children will learn all about these clever creatures, and explore how their daily routines have a lot in common with human kids! A perfect book for children with a curiosity to learn more about the wonderful animals we share our planet with.
About the author
Zoë Armstrong grew up in Oxford and Paris, where she spent a lot of time making crêpes and reading the books of Maurice Sendak and Arnold Lobel. She trained as a journalist and has worked as a reporter, a teacher and as a publicist for a large animal charity. She is a graduate of the Golden Egg Academy's Picture Book Programme. In 2018, she won a SCBWI contest to have her work illustrated live at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and in 2019, she received the SCBWI?Margaret Carey Scholarship for Picture Book Writers. Currently, Zoë lives in Brighton with her young daughter.