In Who Was Here?, Mia Posada pairs wonderful watercolor and collage illustrations with rhyming phrases to give children enough clues to figure out each set of animal tracks for themselves. Then, on the following page, the track-making animal is revealed, along with an informative description of the animal.

Kids will have fun guessing "Who was here?", and they'll feel good about themselves when they get the answer correct. They may even be inspired to go on some animal tracking adventures of their own!

Note: I received a digital copy of this book through NetGalley. ( )

Author/illustrator Mia Posada explores the world of animal tracks in this engaging and informative work of picture-book natural history. The book alternates between two-page spreads showing a particular animal track, with rhyming text giving clues as to the animal's identity, as well as an invitation to guess which creature it is, and two-page spreads giving the answer, with a prose text that provides more information about the animal in question. A brief afterword gives suggestions to young people, in looking for animal tracks themselves, as well as a list of further reading ideas...

Who Was Here?: Discovering Wild Animal Tracks is a well-formatted book, presenting its information in such a way that children will remain interested and engaged. The poetic hints, and the repeated question, "Who Was Here?," keep the child reader and listener involved in the reading process. The hints themselves contain information that will possibly allow the reader to guess the identity of the animal, even if they don't recognize the track in question. The accompanying artwork, done in watercolor and collage, is very appealing, and adds to the pleasure of reading the book. I was tickled, moreover, to see that Posada listed Jim Arnosky's Wild Tracls! A Guide to Nature's Footprints in her list of further reader, as Arnosky is, of course, the master of picture-book natural history. Recommended to all the young animal and nature lovers out there. ( )

shows tracks in the ground and using the tracks in the snow, the reader guesses what animals have been by that particular area.
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I like this book because it is an information book that will not overload students. In this book the writing is extremely engaging, first the author lets the children guess which animal belongs with that foot print and then when you turn the page it gives the students more information on that animal. The illustrations is engaging and I feel enhance the storyline. Because most informational texts are just a lot of writing and barely any pictures many students do not enjoy them; this book is the exact opposite and will keep student engages. The main idea of this book is to teach students about different animals and the footprints that they make when they walk around. ( )

I really enjoyed this book, not only because it was a little mystery but also it was a very cute way to give information on animals. The first thing that I liked was you get to guess which animal left the tracks by them asking "Who was here?" It gets the reader to interact and solve the mystery. Another reason that I liked this book was not only from the clues but you could solve the question about the tracks by just looking at them and using your personal background knowledge of which animal it was. The moral of this story was every animals leaves distinct tracks in certain locations and you should be aware of what they look like. ( )