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  • Published: 8 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781623543945
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

Wild Brunch

Poems About How Creatures Eat





Young wildlife lovers are invited to explore how and why animals eat what they do in this nonfiction poetry picture book collection for kids.

Young wildlife lovers are invited to explore how and why animals eat what they do in this nonfiction poetry picture book collection for kids.

Explore how narwhals, jellyfish, hippos, piranhas, and many more species of swimming, land-based, and flying animals satisfy their appetites in a collection of culinary poems.

A creative companion to Now You See Them, Now You Don't: Poems About Creatures That Hide and A Place to Start a Family: Poems About Creatures That Build by celebrated author and science expert David L. Harrison and award-winning illustrator, Giles Laroche.

  • Published: 8 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781623543945
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

David L. Harrison

David Harrison has written over 70 books for children and adults, including the Steping into Reading titles Wake Up, Sun!, Johnny Appleseed: My Story, and Miss Grubb, Super Sub. He lives in Springfield, Missouri.

John Kanzler has been illustrating children’s books for over 15 years. He and his wife, Diane, a children’s book designer, live on a farm with several sheep, llama, and cats. He lives in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

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Praise for Wild Brunch

Praise for Now You See Them, Now You Don't:

  • 2017 Notable Poetry Book List, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • "The text educates young readers about useful camouflage for predators and for prey. An attractive, informative blend of science and the arts."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Praise for A Place to Start a Family:
  • NTSA Best of 2018, Bank Street Best of 2018
  • "A fine synthesis of poetry and science."—Kirkus Reviews
  • "An inviting introduction to a dozen industrious creatures."—Publishers Weekly
  • "A natural for classroom use, with eye-catching art that will lure little ones in."—Booklist

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