[ANIMALS] Ocean Animals from Head to Tail

NXB: Kids Can Press

Author: Stacey Roderick

Illustrator: Kwanchai Moriya

Reading Age: 3-7

Reading Level: AD1040L

Pages: 36

Source: Reading Seed

This nonfiction picture book uses a playful guessing game to introduce eight different ocean animals and some unique aspects of their bodies. First, readers are shown a close-up illustration of an unusual part of an animal's body and asked to guess its owner: “What ocean animal has a head like this?” Then the following spread reveals the animal's name (e.g., “A hammerhead shark!”), along with an illustration of the whole animal in its habitat. There's also a brief description of the animal's traits with a special emphasis on the featured body part.