What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You?

I've found a great book, that is deeply educational and entertaining in What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You? by Steve Jenkins. This piece of non-fiction, published in 1997, showcases animal adaptations in very clever ways. The pictures are not deeply graphic, but entertaining collages. On one page we see "If a puffer fish is in danger..." and a picture of a shark chasing a fish. When we turn the page, we see "it takes on water and swells up like a prickly balloon, making itself almost impossible to swallow."

This book layout, adds suspense and would make read-alouds more entertaining and engaging. I would recommend this book for purchase for an elementary library, even though it is non-fiction and does not follow all of the conventions of non-fiction. There is no index, or glossary, but students can still find value and learning in the text.