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Picture Book · Ages 6–9 · 2015 · Est. 28 min read-aloud
How to Swallow a Pig
By Steve Jenkins (Author/Illustrator), Robin Page
Discover the wild secrets of animal survival in a playful how-to guide.
4.2/5 Goodreads · 464 ratings
32 pages· 3,598 words· Est. 28 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
Dive into the animal kingdom with a whimsical guide that reveals the survival secrets of creatures like the humpback whale and tailorbird. Learn how animals catch prey and build homes through imaginative, step-by-step instructions. This visually stunning book combines humor and science, offering a unique glimpse into the fascinating behaviors that help animals thrive in the wild. What surprising skills will you uncover?
From the publisher
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.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Words
- 3,598
- Reading age
- 6–9
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- 940L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.5
- F&P level
- ~V
- AR points
- 1
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 175637
Publication
- Published
- September 1, 2015
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
- Text details
- The text of this book is set in Berthold Akzindenz Grotesk.
- Illustration details
- The illustrations are torn- and cut-paper collage.
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780544313651
- LCCN
- 2015000243
- OCLC
- 960230190
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