“Kangaroo and cricket both can jump. / Camel and turtle... both have a hump.” Simple rhyming phrases accompanied by stylized watercolor paintings point out shared characterisitics of otherwise unrelated animals: whale and walrus, badger and beetle, leopard and lizard, fish and hippo, etc. Clear picture clues give children plenty of opportunity to guess what each pair has in common. (Ages 2-5)

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