How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom

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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.