Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World

Eye to Eye: How Animals See the WorldIn his eye popping work of picture book nonfiction, the Caldecott Honor winning author illustrator Steve Jenkins explains how for most animals, eyes are the most important source of information about the world in a biological sense. The simplest eyes clusters of light sensitive cells appeared more than one billion years ago, and provided a big survival advantage to the first creatures that had them. Since then, animals have evolved an amazing variety

In his eye-popping work of picture book nonfiction, the Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins explains how for most animals, eyes are the most important source of information about the world in a biological sense. The simplest eyes--clusters of light-sensitive cells--appeared more than one billion years ago, and provided a big survival advantage to the first creatures that had them. Since then, animals have evolved an amazing variety of eyes, along with often surprising ways to use them.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 04/01/2014
ISBN: 9780547959078
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 11.15h x 9.38w x 0.36d
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2014
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 173
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2014 pg. 142
Booklist 04/01/2014 pg. 41
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 04/21/2014
Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2014 pg. 64
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 52
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 27
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 165429 / Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5