If You Played Hide-and-Seek with a Chameleon

Take a Closer Look Hints

1. Location of the Snail in the order of appearance: Title page--On the ledge of the ticket booth, next to the hippo. Hippo page--On the table next to the girl with the ponytail. Chameleon page--On the orange tube above the head of the girl with the ponytail and to the right of chameleon. Giraffe page—On the top pole of the basketball hoop. Kangaroo page—Between the ears of the baby kangaroo. Elephant page—Hanging underneath the red weights of the barbell on the left page. Cheetah page— On the top of the sign that says “CAN’T BEAT-A THE CHEETAH!” Anaconda page—On the top of the glass that’s sitting on the lemonade stand. Octopus page—On the octopus leg that is closest to the girl in pink on the right page. Porcupine page—On a blade of grass at the bottom of the left page. Shark page—On the back of the bat at the end of the line of kids. Bat page—On top of a potato underneath the boy on the right page.

2. Only four kids are on the Giraffe page. Only three kids are on the Kangaroo page.

3. Five Chameleons in the Fun House, from left to right: • Bottom left--On the top of the orange entrance tube to the left of the speech bubble. • Top left—On the orange tube above the head of the girl with the ponytail. • Middle center—On the top of the hippo’s tail • Middle right—hanging onto the side of a yellow bolster • Bottom right—Inside the ball pit

4. Winning Animals:

• Chameleon page—Hippo walking up the stairs into the Fun House. • Giraffe page—Chameleon on the back of the giraffe. • Kangaroo page—Giraffe playing basketball in the background of left page. • Elephant page—Baby kangaroo on top of the barbell. • Anaconda page—Elephant pulling back the tent at the back of the wrestling arena. • Cheetah page—Anaconda winding up a grandstand pole on left page. • Octopus page—Cheetah rolling around on the Twister mat on left page. • Porcupine—Octopus hanging from the tree in the middle of the page. • Shark page—Porcupine first in line looking into the shark tank. • Bat page—Shark tank in the background on the right page.

5. Foreshadowed Animals:

• Title page—hippo taking tickets in pie eating contest. • Hippo page—Chameleon sign in the background behind the hippo. • Chameleon page—Giraffe in the ball pit.

If You Played Hide-and-Seek with a Chameleon

• Giraffe page—Kangaroo hopping off toward the edge of the right page. • Kangaroo page—Elephant sticking out of the tent near edge of the right page. • Elephant page—Anaconda peeking under the bottom of the tent on the right page. • Anaconda page—Cheetah drinking lemonade next to the lemonade stand. • Cheetah page—Octopus on top of the tent in the background on right page. • Octopus page—Porcupine sticking up under the Twister mat on right page. • Porcupine—Shark tail visible next to the shoulder of the boy running on right page. • Shark page—Bat on the back of the last girl in line on left page. • Bat page—Snail on top of a potato underneath the boy on the right page.

6. Missing Animals

• Chameleon • Anaconda • Octopus • Shark • Bat

Reason they were not shown: The illustrator painted the five largest animals.