This was such a fun story! I lead a nature playgroup and this addition to circle time added a fun romp for all the kids! It was so entertaining to see them howl and jump around!

What a cute and informative book! The cover is gorgeous and fun and the inside lives up to the cover! I love that it teaches natural history and all about animals in more detail than most books like this and also includes fun activities to go along with the information. Really good book for kids who are interested in and love animals.

Ideal early childhood or kids yoga class curriculum which invites children to move and experience animals while deepening their core concepts.

A cute, brightly illustrated collection of interesting animal facts with easy, kid-friendly educational activities. Definitely appealing to younger kids, older kids might be turned off by some of the activities, which skew younger.

Kids will learn a whole lot more than just how to howl in Howl like a Wolf!. From sliding like a penguin to transforming like a frog, kids will learn all about a variety of animals and how to realistically pretend to be them. The book is informative and encourages kids to get up, get moving, and try out these animal characteristics for themselves. A great book for imaginative play!

I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Howl Like a Wolf introduces young readers to different creatures found around the world. Each creature introduces itself and shares facts with readers using the first person. Delightful illustrations accompany each page. Then, there are activities that children can do that relate to the creture that they just learned about. I loved that the activities were simple, cost effective, and gave suggestions for group and individual play. They also encourage going outside--always a bonus! I really appreciate that many animals featured in the book are those many may think of as "gross" (bats), scary (rattlesnakes), or pests (skunks). This is a nice step towards chaning mindsets about these animals.

A book full of wonderful illustrations and great, short information on a variety of animals. It encourages children to foster their imagination and, in doing so, encourages empathy for their wild brethren. I feel an educator or adult could make more use out of this for classes or group activities, and for some such as the wolf activities, highly encourage a child NOT do them without supervision (red flag on baring teeth at the family dog!). Still, it's worth picking for a read. Bonus is including one of my favorite animals: the bowerbird!

This was an interesting and informative children's book about animals. I loved how the illustrations were very appropriate for children while the information about each animal was interesting. My three year old loved the craft ideas and imitating the animal actions and sounds. This is one I would enjoying having in print format.

(Thanks to Netgalley for this ebook in exchange for an honest review.)

This book is a neat concept. It teaches children about different animals. It provides facts, crafts, and actions to be like the animals in the book. It was really neat.

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This book was beautiful and kept my 3 children busy! I’m excited to try it out at story time and see how the little ones at my library like it.

This interactive nonfiction book would be a great asset to homeschools and science curriculums.

Howl Like a Wolf: Why Animals Do What They Do – and How You Can Do It, Too! is a children's non fiction book written by Kathleen Yale and illustrated by Kaley McKean. It is currently scheduled for release on March 6 2018. Kids generally love to watch, imitate, learn about, and pretend to be animals. But there’s a lot more to being a dog than just panting and walking on all fours. This book combines natural history with creative play activities to encourage children to think like an animal. For each featured animal, children learn key facts such as what it eats; where it lives; who else lives with it; and how it interacts with other animals. Creative prompts then teach kids how to mimic more subtle aspects of behavior that are central to the animal’s life and survival.

Howl Like a Wolf: Why Animals Do What They Do – and How You Can Do It, Too! is a fun and fascinating read, offering facts and activities that invite young readers (and their class or family) to not just learn about the animals but to act and think like them as well. Animals included are the wolf, penguin, elephant, bat, octopus, rattlesnake, bowerbird, beaver, leopard, humpback whale, honeybee, raven, skunk, frog, deer, and tardigrade. The information and activities are easy to understand and fully engaging. I found that the book offered a good deal of information I already knew, but I think young readers will find new information here. I thought the illustrations were well paired with the information. The images were charming and accurate in turn, offering a visual representation of the facts along some inspiration for the activities and further exploration of the topic. I think this would be a great addition to classroom and home libraries, particularly those with animal or nature lovers.

WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE!
A wolf's teeth are sharp, big, and heavy. They look a lot like your pet dog's teeth, but their jaws are much stronger. In fact, the force of their bite is strong enough to break bones.

We start this amazing story with the Gray Wolf and I already love it! The animal facts are well written both informational and kid friendly. It helps who ever is reading them think of them in real life. It also has the kids practice being the animal (acting like it), how cool is that?!?!? The rest of this wonderful book continues like this. I want this book!!! I need this book for my classroom library.

1. Grey Wolf
2. Emperor Penguin
3. African Elephant
Did you know elephants are one of only a few animals who can recognize their own reflections in a mirror? I had no idea!!
4. Little Brown Bat
5. Giant Pacific Octopus
One of the subheadings in this part of the book is Suckers! another is Escape Artists.
6. Diamondback Rattlesnake
7. Great Bowerbird
8. North American Beaver
9. Leopard
10. Humpback Whale
11. Western Honeybee
12. Northern Raven
13. Striped Skunk
14. Columbia Spotted Frog
15. White-Tailed Deer

Extra animal, Tardigrade. Which looks like something out a horror film. A microorganism, which needs a special microscope or magnifying glass to see...thankfully because, ewwww.

I love this book so much and the illustrations are beautiful. What a great book!

Simple and fun book. Children love animal books and this is a great one to add to the collection.

How Like A Wolf was SO much fun to read! I read it to my 9 year old and 2 year old daughter’s and they loved it so much. The story was so cute and the pictures were just stunning!

Howl Like a Wolf is aimed at young readers and is packed with information and play-alongs for more than 15 different animals. Each chapter introduces an animal, explains some of their behaviors and characteristics and then invites the reader along on activities to learn about why the animals do what they do.

I loved the art, it's colorful and vibrant. The text is intelligent and not condescending. The chapters include the proper Latin names for the animals they're describing. Increasing awareness and empathy for the wild animals around us, many of whom are critically threatened is so vital to our future and the future of life on our planet. The interactive activities included in the book are a fun way to get youngsters moving and understanding a little more about the animals who share our planet.

Very well written, beautifully illustrated. Super bonus points for including tardigrades as one of the animals in the book. I'm in love!

Four stars!

Anticipated release date: 17 Apr 2018

Written by Kathleen Yale and illustrated by Kaley McKean

Published by Storey Books.

Excellent format for the age range. Nice variety of animals and information provided.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I definitely didn't expect what I got! I thought this would be a cute, short picture book with information and games. Instead it is more like a chapter book with gorgeous illustrations, and also games and information.

We got 16 animals (the last one being quite a surprise). We start with wolves, and then meet all sorts of other animals from all over the world. Each chapter begins with information about the animal, what they do, where they live, about pups, and eggs, and more. After the information it is the reader's turn to be that animal! Mostly it is games, but there is also some more information on the animals (or others who also do the same kind of thing as the selected animal). The games vary from howling like a wolf, making elephant ears, playing tricks,

I loved the introductions of the animals. Like an animal really introduces themselves to the reader, as if we are sitting next to them, or visiting them for a cup of tea (or whatever else the animals would like to drink). It just made it more original, and more personal.

I would like to have seen more consistency. Some animals only get one page of introduction and information while others get 3. Same for the games. Some animals get quite a few, and others just one or two.

I did like that the author(s) asked questions. For instance when we are being told about decorator crabs, they ask: "When you play dress-up, what do you like to wear?"

I just adored the illustrations! Colourful, fun, detailed. And not just the bigger illustrations, but also the little illustrations that are found all over the pages. Such a delight. At times I took a bit longer with a page just to enjoy the illustration. :)

I would highly recommend this book to everyone!

This book was so much more than I was expecting. This book could be used with children in so many ways. It can teach them about animals and their particular traits, be used in a drama lesson or in physical education and active play. This is a great book to introduce children to the natural world in a fun and interactive way. They can howl like a wolf, leap like a frog, use their tongue to see how frogs capture prey, see like a bat, and even use a garden house to pretend they have an elephant trunk to squirt water and so on. There were so many fun activities that could be used, I can see this book being a resource over and over. Parents and their children could also have a lot of fun with some of the activities listed. Just be prepared for kids to become silly, but that is all part of the fun. The facts in the book will also help children learn about why the animals have particular traits or skills and get them thinking about other animals and maybe even a bit about adaptations. A great book for public, school, classroom and home libraries.