Felicia Macheske - Big and Blubbery: Walrus

Published in the United States of America by
Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Content Adviser: Susan Heinrichs Gray
Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
Book Designer: Felicia Macheske

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Macheske, Felicia, author.
Big and blubbery : walrus / Felicia Macheske.
pages cm. (Guess what)
Summary: Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves animals. Guess
What: Big and Blubbery: Walrus provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos
and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give
readers a deeper understanding of how the walrus lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students
locate information and learn new words Provided by publisher.
Audience: K to grade 3.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-63470-719-0 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63470-749-7 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63470-734-3 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-63470-764-0
(ebook)
1. WalrusJuvenile literature. 2. Childrens questions and answers. I. Title.
QL737.P62M25 2016
599.799dc23
ISBN-13 978-1-68444-544-8 (ebook)2015026123

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Table of Contents

I have small
eyes for
my big body.

I have flippers
that help me
get around.

I have
a lot of
whiskers .

My thick
blubber
keeps me
warm .

I can get
very noisy .

I can grow
very long
tusks .

I live where
it can get
very cold .

Brr!

I am a good
swimmer
and like
the water .

Do you know what I am?

Im a
Walrus!

About Walruses

The whiskers on a walrus are called
a mustache.

Both male and female walruses can
have tusks.

Walruses use their tusks for many
things. One is to pull themselves out
of the water.

Most walruses live near the Arctic
Circle. It is very cold there.

A group of walruses is called a herd.

Glossary

blubber (BLUHB-ur) the layer of fat under the skin
of a large sea animal

flippers (FLIP-urz) broad, flat body parts that sea
animals use for swimming

noisy (NOY-zee) loud

tusks (TUHSKS) long, curved, pointed teeth that
stick out of the mouth of some animals

whiskers (WIS-kurz) long, stiff hairs near the mouth
of some animals

Index

Arctic Circle,

blubber,
body,

eyes,

flippers,

growing,

herd,

mustache,

swimming,

tusks,

water,
whiskers,