What If You Had Animal Eyes!?

What if you woke up one morning to find that you had a completely different pair of eyes? What if you now had chameleon eyes, and were able to look in two directions at once? What if you had the glowing eyes of a colossal squid, and were able to shine light in a dark room?  These are some of the many examples explored in What If You Had Animal Eyes!? 

In What If You Had Animal Eyes!? Markle asks readers to imagine their lives with several different pairs of animal eyes, from an eagle’s eyes to a dragonfly’s eyes. Each page describes the eyes of a different animal, listing their unique abilities and showing how these abilities could be used in the reader’s life. For example, eagle eyes can see up to eight times better than the human eye, with a field of vision that stretches as far as two miles. While eagles use these abilities to catch prey, the reader could use them to have the best view of the football game despite sitting in the very back of the stadium! Each description is brief and informative; however, each two-page spread has seven to eight complex sentences that beginning readers will need an adult to read aloud to them.  

The book is brought to life by illustrator Howard McWilliam, who visualizes each scenario with funny, exaggerated drawings of children making the most of their new animal eyes. While one child uses her leopard eyes to see in the dark, another uses his yellow mongoose eyes to help him win a game of laser tag. These illustrations match Markle’s clear, engaging writing to create a book that manages to educate readers while also encouraging them to use their imagination by asking the question of how these eyes would play into their daily lives. What If You Had Animal Eyes!? is an engaging book that uses humor to educate readers of all ages. 

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