Summertime sleepers : animals that estivate / Melissa Stewart ; illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen.
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TextPublisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781580897167
- 1580897169
- Animals that estivate
- Animals that hibernate/estivate
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Everyone knows about animals that hibernate in the winter. But it's time to discover animals that sleep all summer long!
All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures. From the ladybug to the salamander, from the lungfish to the desert hedgehog, twelve estivating animals and their habits--both when sleeping and awake--are explained through clear text and elegant watercolor illustrations that create a scrapbook feel.
The word "hibernate" is crossed out and replaced with the word "estivate".
Includes bibliographical references (pages [34] & [36]).
"A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection" -- Page [4] of cover.
"Estivation is just like hibernation--only it happens in the summer instead of winter. Why do some animals settle into cool, snug spots and sink into a summertime sleep? Because it's too hot for their bodies to function, or their food is in short supply. Some estivating animals sleep in groups; others rest alone. Some go on a long journey before they slumber; others hunker down right at home. From the pixie frog to the spotte turtle to the desert hedgehog, discover how a variety of animals survive by taking a break during the hottest days of the year" -- Book jacket.
"All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures."-- Provided by publisher.