Contents
From the just jacket:
Peregrine falcons learn to hunt by practicing with their sisters and brothers. Elephant sisters babysit their younger siblings. Hyena brothers often fight to the death, but wild turkey brothers stay together for life. The giant anteater is an only child, while termites may have millions of siblings! Find out more about these animal brothers and sisters--and many others--inside this book.
Peregrine falcons learn to hunt by practicing with their sisters and brothers. Elephant sisters babysit their younger siblings. Hyena brothers often fight to the death, but wild turkey brothers stay together for life. The giant anteater is an only child, while termites may have millions of siblings! Find out more about these animal brothers and sisters--and many others--inside this book.
Description
The award-winning team of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? and Move! once again create a nonfiction picture book that is amazingly beautiful, fun, and filled with all sorts of interesting facts. Here, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page investigate sibling relationships throughout the animal kingdom. In this book you will learn that anteaters are always only children and nine-banded armadillos are always born as identical quadruplets. You will also learn that falcons play-hunt in the sky andthat hyena cubs fight to the death. This is the perfect book for animal lovers young and old!
Awards
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Informational Books — 2010)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2010)
Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 2009)
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (Finalist — 2009)
CCBC Choices (2009)
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