Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom

by José Aruego and Ariane Dewey

In the animal kingdom, you just can't predict who will be friends with whom. One type of bird baby-sits for newborn crocodiles; there is a beetle that cleans a mouse's house; and a certain fish leads... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152021280
• ISBN13: 9780152021283
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

A winner

Enough scientific content to be interesting to parents as well as kids, great pictures, well told.

I have some weird friends too.

Did you know that the cattle egret can ride on the back of a rhino to warn it of stalking predators? Or that a particular red ant supplies food to a caterpillar in exchange for its honeydew that they, in turn, eat? I never did either, till I read through this cute, educational book by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Friendship is a common theme among children, so playing up the camaraderie of certain members of the animal kingdom with strike a familiar chord with young readers. The down-to-earth language and charming illustrations perfectly bring together education and entertainment. There are fourteen descriptive pairs of animals in this book, all with full-page illustrations, and a handy pronunciation key for sounding out some of the trickier names. Just because it's informational, don't think you can't sit down and read this to your little one at a whim. When read from cover to cover it makes a great little story with lots of room for discussion. This would also make a great addition to any school library or classroom.