Describes such animals as snails, turtles, and crabs, which live in shells and use these coverings as protection.

Introduces the different types of coats and coverings that animals have.

"If you could have any animal's coat, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and discovered your body was covered in an animal's scales, feathers, or fur instead of your own skin? How would that change your life? What If You Had Animal Scales!? is the next imaginative book in Sandra Markle's popular What If You Had series. If you had a chinchilla's fur, you'd never need to worry about bug spray. If you had a hammerhead shark's scales,...

Explores through illustrations and descriptive, rhyming text the feathers, fur, skin and hair of different animals and what they reveal about the science behind each animal's physique.

Provides an introduction to creatures that have scales, including some mammals.