"Animal Baths: Wild & Wonderful Ways Animals Get Clean!" by Beth Fielding

Animal Baths is a funny book that describes the many ways that animals keep themselves clean. From baths for Praying Manti to those for Antelope or Coral, this book describes all types of baths imaginable! I liked that the author appealed to a child's perspective through the vocabular and expressions she used. For example, she relates a bath in poop to a child being bathed by their mother in a tub with shampoo and a washcloth. All children can relate to taking a bath so it's interesting to have the author compare the different types to what is "normal" for a child to do to get themselves clean. As a picture book written with chapters, the reading level of this book is more advanced, but younger readers would definitely love the content. In the classroom this book could be used for an inquiry unit about bathing. I know that inquiry-based lessons are the most valuable to students and this might be a topic that is very interesting to some students. Overall, this book is a great one because of its humor, amazing content, and quirky subject matter!