Creature Camouflage Series

We had so much fun coloring animals hiding in Grasslands... so I think I'll probably use these Creature Camouflage illustrations in other lessons. Note: it helps to color in the animal first, after researching its coloring, and then fill in the background in corresponding tones so that the animal blends in.

I can think of several ways I could use these. Zoology is in grade 4/5 and Botany is in grade 5/6. Africa is traditionally done in grade 7. We could do the Loon page from Hidden Feathers when we study Native American Legends in grade 2 and read the Inuit legend The Raven and the Loon!

The Raven and the Loon
by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Here are all six books in the Creature Camouflage series. I'll add the 12 animals included as I find them and organize them. My daughters had many of the Mindware coloring books and so they're scattered all over the house!

Hidden Exoskeletons
2004

Common Grasshopper
Polyphemus Moth
Anise Swallowtail Caterpillar
Ladybug Beetle
Javanese Leaf Insect
Crab Spider
Butterfly
African Flower Mantis
Imperial Moth
Walking Stick Insect
Flower-Mimic Moth
Dragonfly

Hidden Feathers
2004

Red-Tailed Hawk
Ringed Plover
Ostrich
Penguin
Kiwi
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Wood Duck
Great Horned Owl
Common Loon
Macaw
House Sparrow Eggs
American Bittern

Hidden Fur
2004

Gray Wolf
Flying Fox Bat
Jack Rabbit
Galago or Bush Baby
Moose
Duck-Billed Platypus
White-Tailed Deer Fawn
Meadow Mice
Anubis Baboon
Giraffe
African Elephant
Bengal Tiger

Hidden Scales & Shells
2004

Gecko
Banded Snail
Rainbow Trout
Leafy Sea Dragon
High Casqued Chameleon
Vine Snake
American Crocodile
Hermit Crab
Seahorse
Box Turtle
American Green Frog and Tadpoles
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Hidden Endangered Animals
2011

Panda
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Burrowing Owl
Grevy's Zebra
Green Cheeked Parrot
American Bison
Hairy-Eared Dwarf Lemur
Red Kite
Japanese Dormouse
Hirola
Maned Three-Toed Sloth
Big Horn Sheep

Hidden Predators
2011

Leopard
Trapdoor Spider
Great White Shark
Peregrine Falcon
Piranha
Chameleon
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Green Tree Boa
Australian Saltwater Crocodile
Wolverine
Spiny Devil Fish
Lion

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