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

by Steve Jenkins, Robin Page

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. 

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  • Format: eBook
  • ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780544750609
  • ISBN-10: 0544750608
  • Pages: 32
  • Publication Date: 09/01/2015
  • Carton Quantity: 1
About the Book
About the Authors
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  • About the Book
    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.
     

  • About the Author

    Steve Jenkins

    Steve Jenkins has written and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor–winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and frequent collaborator, Robin Page. www.stevejenkinsbooks.com

    Robin Page

    Robin Page lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and collaborator, Steve Jenkins. She has worked on numerous bestselling and award winning titles, including Caldecott Honoree What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?. Along with writing and illustrating children's books, Steve and Robin run a graphic design studio.

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  • Reviews
    * "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 

     

    * "Numbered instructions, accompanied by Jenkins’s always excellent paper collages, demonstrate how to repel insects like a capuchin monkey, catch a meal like a crocodile, or defend oneself like an armadillo. Beneath the irreverent tone, there’s ample information about the animals’ traits and behavior...adding up to a highly enjoyable mix of science and humor. 

    —Publishers Weekly, starred review 

     

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