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How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom
Robin Page
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom
Robin Page
With step-by-step instructions, readers learn about specific behaviours; how to catch thousands of fish like a humpback whale or how to sew up a nest like a tailorbird. This fascinating illustrated nonfiction melds science, art, biology, and the environment together in a detailed book about animals who live and survive in our world today.
Marc Notes: How to Swallow a Pig is a clever and whimsical nonfiction book about animal behavior disguised as a How-to/Advice book by the bestselling team of Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.--; Provided by publisher.; Ages 6-9.; K to grade 3. Review Quotes: * "Jenkins and Page present another fascinating, fun, and attractive look at the natural world." "School Library Journal," starred review "Youngsters who glory in learning animal facts will be thrilled; for those who enjoy pretending, there are inviting opportunities for imitation. Readers and listeners alike will eat this one up." " ""Kirkus" * "Colorful, precise, and often striking against the white pages, the cut-paper collage illustrations fulfill their purpose beautifully. Fascinating facts presented with droll wit a winning combination." "Booklist," starred review"Brief Description: "A ... nonfiction book about animal behavior disguised as a how-to/ advice book"--Publisher Marketing: In the latest eye-catching escape into the kingdom of Animalia, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page reveal the skills animals use to survive in the wild in an imaginative and humorous how-to format. With step-by-step instructions, readers learn about specific behaviors; how to catch thousands of fish like a humpback whale or how to sew up a nest like a tailorbird. This fascinating and fun illustrated nonfiction melds science, art, biology, and the environment together in a detailed and well-researched book about animals who live and survive in our world today." Review Citations:
School Library Journal 05/01/2015 pg. 133 (EAN 9780544313651, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015 (EAN 9780544313651, Hardcover)
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 pg. 41 (EAN 9780544313651, Hardcover)
Publishers Weekly 08/31/2015 (EAN 9780544313651, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
Contributor Bio: Jenkins, Steve Steve Jenkins has illustrated many children s books, including What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, a Caldecott Honor Book, and The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He has also illustrated Wiggling Worms at Work, Life in a Coral Reef, and Almost Gone in the Let s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. Contributor Bio: Page, Robin Robin Page has written and illustrated several picture books, including the 2003 Caldecott Honoree "What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?", which she created with her husband Steve Jenkins. Robin and Steve live in Boulder, Colorado.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 1, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780544313651 |
Publishers | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Com |
Genre | Holiday > Earth Day |
Pages | 32 |
Dimensions | 239 × 289 × 11 mm · 408 g |
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