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

By Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Book Overview

"A highly enjoyable mix of science and humor." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

Escape into the animal kingdom in this visually stunning and clever nonfiction book about animal behavior by Caldecott Honor-winning duo Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.

In the latest eye-catching dive 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.

Ever wonder how a spider spins a web or a python swallows a pig?

Animal Behavior for Kids: Discover the secrets behind animal survival, from a whale's bubble net to a tailorbird's sewn-up nest, presented as laugh-out-loud instruction manuals.Stunning Collage Art: Dive into vibrant, detailed illustrations from Caldecott Honor-winning duo Steve Jenkins and Robin Page that make every animal leap off the page.Engaging Homeschool Resource: A perfect addition to any science or biology curriculum, this book sparks curiosity about nature, adaptation, and the environment.Amazing Animal Facts: Learn surprising details about a huge range of creatures, including crows that use traffic to crack nuts and armadillos that leap straight into the air to escape danger.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544313658
• ISBN13: 9780544313651
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3