Unique Features
I have poisonous spurs on my feet and lay eggs.
What is a platypus?
Jane Goodall's stuffed chimp
Who is Jubilee?
Seahorses are difficult to swallow because their bodies have these.
What are sharp ridges and spines?
Readers use this to find a page number.
What is the index?
Horned lizards squirt this out of their eyes to scare away predators.
What is blood?
I may look beautiful, but I can sting you with my poisonous barbs.
What is a cone shell?
When Jane was young, she snuck into her grandmother's chicken coop to find out where these come from.
What are eggs?
Seahorses do this with their mates to bond.
What is twist their tails together and change color?
Readers use this to define unknown words.
What is the glossary?
This creepy creature tears chunks of flesh off of its prey with the sharp teeth in its tentacles.
What is a Humbolt squid?
My babies are cute, but you better not play with them or I'll ATTACK!
What is a black bear?
Jane did this to learn more about animals.
What is 'observe'?
This unique feature is where the male seahorse holds his babies.
What is the pouch?
These are words in a text that are dark and big because the author wants them to stand out. There are IMPORTANT to our understanding of the text.
What are bold words?
This snake can harm prey from 8 feet away.
What is the spitting cobra?
My ears can close under water.
What is a hippo?
Jane dreamed of traveling to this continent.
What is Africa?
Seahorses use this to hide from predators.
What us camouflage?
This text feature shows us the parts of an object or creature.
What is a diagram?
This animal scares predators away with its stinky spray.
What is a skunk?
I have powerful back legs that I kick with.
What is a kangaroo?
Jane discovered that chimpanzees are intelligent when she saw them using these.
What are tools?
Seahorses live underwater, but they are not very good at this activity.
What is swimming?
This star-like symbol tells readers to find a note at the bottom of the text.
What is an asterisk?
This animal can open its jaws very wide to swallow its food.
What is the egg-eating snake?