Animal Dads (Paperback)

Sneed B. III Collard

ISBN 10: 0618032991 / ISBN 13: 9780618032990

Edité par Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2000

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Paperback. This whimsical and intriguing picture book explores the different roles of fatherhood in the animal kingdom. Readers will learn about various animal dads and their many different parenting skills: baby-sitting - an emperor penguin dad watches over the eggs for nine weeks while the mother searches for food; hunting - a wolf dad leads the pack on hunting trips and brings meat for new pups to eat; giving birth - a seahorse mother's eggs hatch inside the dad's special belly pouch. Sneed Collard's concise, clear text and award-winning artist Steve Jenkins's informative cut-paper collages reveal unique tasks that animal dads perform in raising their offspring. This intriguing picture book explores the different roles of fatherhood in the animal kingdom. Readers will learn about the various animal dads and their many different, unique parenting skills. "The sort of book parents may appreciate as much as their children."—"New York Times Book Review." Full-color illustrations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Animal Dads (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0618032991
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780618032990
• Reliure: Paperback
• Illustrateur: Jenkins, Steve
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

This whimsical and intriguing picture book explores the different roles of fatherhood in the animal kingdom. Readers will learn about various animal dads and their many different parenting skills: baby-sitting - an emperor penguin dad watches over the eggs for nine weeks while the mother searches for food; hunting - a wolf dad leads the pack on hunting trips and brings meat for new pups to eat; giving birth - a seahorse mother's eggs hatch inside the dad's special belly pouch. Sneed Collard's concise, clear text and award-winning artist Steve Jenkins's informative cut-paper collages reveal unique tasks that animal dads perform in raising their offspring.

À propos des auteurs

Sneed B. Collard III has written more than fifty books for young people. In 2006, he received the Washington Post–Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award for his body of work. He lives with his family in Montana.To learn more about Sneed B. Collard III, visit www.sneedbcollardiii.com.

Steve Jenkins wrote and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor Book 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.