Whose Spots Are These?: A Look at Animal Markings - Round, Bright, and Big

Whose Spots Are These? by Sarah C. Wohlrabe, illustrated by Derrick Alderman and Denise Shea, is a delightful science related book that primary children will love. The book is a guessing game for kids using animal markings. The little ones guess what animal the part of the picture belongs to and the follow up page shows the entire picture of the animal. For example, the first puzzle has the familiar black and white markings of a Holstein cow. On the follow-up page which reveals the answer, there is also a fun fact about the animal. At the end of the book, there is a Just for Fun quiz about the facts presented in the book, science vocabulary words, suggestions of books that you may check out and read from a library, and a science website to search on the Internet. This is a fun and educational book that children will enjoy reading. RELATED ACTIVITIES Go to the public library and see what research materials you may find about the animals that were hidden in the pages of the book. Make your own hidden spot book of animal pictures and see if your friends can guess what the hidden animals are. Write a story about any of the animals you saw in the book using one of the fun facts about the animal. Go to the public library and see if you can find the footprint that matches each animal. Make a foot book to go with your spot book.