• Age: 4 to 8
• Grade: p to 3

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Comment les animaux survivent-ils a la chaleur? Est-ce qu’ils portent des sandales? Est-ce qu’ils sautent dans la piscine?

Ce charmant album documentaire enseigne les differents moyens employes par les animaux pour se rafraichir. Battre des oreilles, se coller aux arbres et faire des siestes sont quelques-unes des methodes qui permettent aux animaux de survivre a la chaleur. La seule facon de decouvrir si les lezards mangent reellement de la creme glacee est de lire ce livre sans plus tarder!

Les illustrations adorables, les faits amusants, et les idees rigolotes font de ce documentaire un livre indispensable pour des jeunes lecteurs, et un parfait compagnon au livre Du chocolat chaud pour les grenouilles?.

How do animals beat the heat? Do they wear flipflops or jump in a pool? This charismatic, informative picture book teaches us all the ways that different animals cool down. Flapping their ears, hugging trees, and taking naps are just some of the ways that animals stay cool. The only way to find out if lizards really do eat ice cream is to start at page one!

Charming illustrations, fun facts, and laugh-out-loud ideas make this book a must-have for any young reader.

Original title: Do Lizards Eat Ice Cream?

ETTA KANER est une ex-enseignante. De nos jours, elle écrit principalement des documentaires pour les enfants et les éducateurs. Plusieurs de ses livres ont été primés; elle a notamment remporté le Silver Birch Award, le Animal Behavior Society Award et le Science in Society Book Award. Etta vit à Toronto, en Ontario.

ETTA KANER writes for both children and educators. A number of her books have won awards, namely, the Silver Birch award, the Animal Behaviour Society award, and the Science in Society book award. Etta lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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JENNA PIECHOTA is an illustrator from Thunder Bay, Ontario and this is her debut book. She started a career in science but decided that drawing animals is just as much fun as studying them! She lives in Toronto with her husband and their dog Chester. When it's hot, she loves to go swimming to keep cool.

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