Wendy Hunt

I think this was more of a sneak peek of an ARC than a publication-ready version of What Do Animals Do All Day? Pages were missing, but there was enough material to form an overall impression and get a good idea of the intended purpose.

The two-page illustrations were cute and over-crowded with animals. A short paragraph gave an overview of each featured ecosystem, and the following two pages explained what types of 'jobs' the animals performed. A spider is introduced as a knitter, a prairie dog is compared to a news reporter, a skunk is a perfumier...

Humor and facts are both included, although they are not combined very well. Is this meant to be a whimsical book or an instructional book? The book is corny-jokey, but not in a goofy, obviously weird way, so I can imagine that some of the jokes might be believed as facts by young readers.

The book seems perfunctory and scattered. The illustrations are average, and some of the animals were difficult to recognize (a cougar who had a body shape similar to a salamander, an otter who looked like a bear), but maybe that's down to my lack of imagination when biology is concerned.

Overall it just didn't seem to find a direction and follow through 100%.

Can not recommend.

*eARC Netgalley*… (altro)