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Title details for Gecko by Raymond Huber - Available

Gecko

by Raymond Huber
Brian Lovelock
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The creators of the award-winning Flight of the Honey Bee team up again for a look at a remarkable lizard: the gecko.
Meet the gecko, the escape artist of the lizard world. Hawks, rats, and snakes would love to catch one for their dinner, but the gecko's amazing ability to protect itself and outsmart predators keeps it safe from day to day. The gecko is more than a match for its pursuers, using clever camouflage and dropping its tail as a decoy to evade them. And even beyond its escape abilities, the gecko is fascinating, with feet covered in tiny hairs for gripping (even upside down!) and eyes that it cleans with its tongue. This wonderful introduction to one of the coolest lizards on the planet will captivate amateur scientists.

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  • Release date

    December 1, 2020

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781536220797
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.3
    • Lexile® Measure: 820
    • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      March 1, 2019

      K-Gr 3-This title will amaze and engage readers as they learn everything there is to know about geckos. Each spread has an illustration, a line about what the gecko is doing, and in a different font, informational text about geckos. Our gecko travels through his world, eating and making sure he doesn't get eaten by one of his many predators. This is essentially one day in the life of a gecko. The gecko keeps itself clean, hunts for food, watches out for predators, sheds its skin-which it then eats-and loses its tail while escaping from a rat. The engaging narrative is simple blocks of text with an occasional large type exclamation: "Crunch!" such as when the gecko bites a cockroach. Back matter includes a short "More about Geckos" and an index that highlights both the fiction and nonfiction within the text. The illustrations are bright and colorful and bring geckos to life. Readers can often sense the quick movements of this animal through the illustrations. The blue gecko with orange spots stands out in lush greenery done in colored pencil, acrylic ink, and watercolor. This is a book that can be shared with readers of many age levels. A younger reader might enjoy the story line while a slightly older reader will be captivated by the information. From the cover with gecko "climbing" through the title "Gecko" until the end when gecko loses his tail to the rat but eats the predator's leftovers, a thoughtful, colorful, and informative title. VERDICT A must-have for younger nonfiction shelves.-Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City

      Copyright 2019 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.3
  • Lexile® Measure:820
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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