Been There, Done That: Reading Animal Signs

Been There, Done That: Reading Animal Signs is about Helena and Cole who are looking for wild animals. Cole is visiting Helena and he wants to see some wild animals, so they go for a hike. Helena points out all the signs that animals have been there before them. They see where the bark was stripped off a tree by a snowshoe hares, dead fish left by an eagle, trunks chewed by a beaver, and tall grass flattened by a moose. Even though Cole could not see these animals, they knew they had been there by reading animal signs.

I really liked Been There, Done That: Reading Animal Signs because it showed different ways to see if an animal has been there. I have learned about animal scat, which is another sign that an animal has been there. When I go on hikes, or mountain biking, I like to look for animal tracks. I loved that the illustrations showed the animals leaving the signs. I liked the extra pages at the back of the book which taught more about each animal, how to make a cast of a track, and even animal signs matching game.