Markle, Sandra. Wild Inventions: Ideas Inspired by Animals. Lerner/Millbrook, 10/2023. 48pp. Nonfiction. PLB $33.32. 978-1-7284-6795-5. GRADES 4–8. HIGH ADDITIONAL.
Animals have been found to do some pretty interesting, or perhaps just odd, things. Markle’s hook is that she ties these animal oddities to human inventions that have helped humans. From easy concepts like camouflage, to more sophisticated biological adaptions like sonar and underwater diving systems, to not yet commercially available technology that enables walking up glass walls, these amazing animal abilities truly can influence human inventors. Markle’s in-depth narration pairs with interesting color photographs as the various animals and related human investigations and inventions are explored and explained.
Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library