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Stewart, Melissa.
PIPSQUEAKS, SLOWPOKES, AND STINKERS : CELEBRATING ANIMAL UNDERDOGS
Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, [2018]
IL K-3
ISBN     9781561459360

(2 booktalks)
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 Booktalk #1

Everybody loves cheetahs and elephants. They are magnificent creatures. But few people say the same about the stinky zorilla or the tiny pygmy shrew.  There are animals that spend most of the day sleeping. And some that are so slow that they don't get very far. And some so fat that it seems hard for them to move. No matter what you think, these animals are survivors. Find out how they avoid being eaten by larger animals.

Booktalk #2

If you enjoy reading about animals, this is the book for you.  If you like putting things into categories, then this is the book for you.  If you enjoy finding out about how things survive and work together, then this is the book for you.  In Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes and Stinkers, you can find out about what animals have things in common, even not-so-fabulous things like a stinky smell or puny body.  You will also learn about how these same awful characteristics are really a good thing because they help the animal to survive.  (Prepared by: Helen Prince, Gold Hill Elementary School, princeh@fortmillschools.org)  (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021)

SUBJECTS:   Animals -- Habits and behavior.
                        Animals -- Miscellanea.
                        Animal behavior.
                        Animals.

 
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