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Follow a female dung beetle meeting her mate on a fresh pile of elephant poo, a common dating site for a dung beetle, and learn about its life cycle and the super-strength it takes to keep the planet tidy. This book will feed the curiosity of the youngest of readers who are: . keen to know how the world works . fascinated by nature . enjoy learning new information The story is carefully written for children learning to read, with additional factual captions for more advanced readers. And here's the WOW-factor – a large fold-out map of Africa at the end, with diagrams and a fun I-Spy game to take children back into the book to find and identify animals in the pictures. AGES: 4 to 8 AUTHOR: Mary Auld is an award-winning writer of children's information books, most notably How To Build an Orchestra with the London Symphony Orchestra. Mary Auld is a pen name for Rachel Cooke, former Editorial Director at Hachette and an honorary fellow of the English Association in recognition of her work in children's non-fiction. SELLING POINTS: . Clear narrative text about the life cycle of a dung beetle . Covers primary science topics including life cycles, parts of an insect, grassland food webs, metamorphosis, predation and other life processes, the role decomposers and recyclers play in a healthy ecosystem . Two levels of text - one for emerging readers and additional facts for confident readers . Includes a giant fold-out map of Africa and I-Spy game . Textured die-cut cover

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Beautifully presented, the book is designed to withstand repeated readings and would make an excellent addition to any bookshelf, not only for KS1, but also offering support to older children who are less confident readers. * Through the Bookshelf * I particularly like the two levels of text as the reader follows the dung beetle’s extraordinary journey from mating to producing a family. Many primary science topics are covered in this volume. The giant fold-out map of Africa is stunning, and overflowing with fascinating facts. -- Janet Syme * @janet-writes1 * The story is told by the dung beetle herself and, it makes for fascinating reading, informing readers about grassland habitats, metamorphosis and predation as well as the role played by decomposers and recyclers in a healthy ecosystem. Recommended for all school libraries and the home. * LoveReading4Kids - Staff Pick * This book is jam-packed with facts and information not just about the dung beetle but about the African Savannah and the animals who live there. The illustrations are beautiful with lots of elements for children to spot, aided by an eye-spy on the large, fold-out page at the end.  * Books for Topics - Book of the Month *

Beautifully presented, the book is designed to withstand repeated readings and would make an excellent addition to any bookshelf, not only for KS1, but also offering support to older children who are less confident readers. * Through the Bookshelf *

Beautifully presented, the book is designed to withstand repeated readings and would make an excellent addition to any bookshelf, not only for KS1, but also offering support to older children who are less confident readers. * Through the Bookshelf * I particularly like the two levels of text as the reader follows the dung beetle’s extraordinary journey from mating to producing a family. Many primary science topics are covered in this volume. The giant fold-out map of Africa is stunning, and overflowing with fascinating facts. -- Janet Syme * @janet-writes1 *

Author Information

Mary Auld is an award-winning writer of children's information books, most notably How To Build an Orchestra with the London Symphony Orchestra. Mary Auld is a pen name for Rachel Cooke, former Editorial Director at Hachette and an honorary fellow of the English Association in recognition of her work in children's non-fiction. She lives in Nottinghamshire. Illustrator Hannah Bailey is a British illustrator who has established a reputation for her factual picture books and editorial work in publications for National Geographic, the Wildlife Trust and Soho House. When the Whales Walked (Words & Pictures) won the SLA Children's Choice Award for 7-12s, and in the US was an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students. Her previous book for Mama Makes Books, The Most Important Animal of All, was a Books for Topics' Best Book of 2021. She lives in Somerset with her family. Sally-Ann Spence is both farmer and highly respected entomologist, Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, the Linnaean Society, and an Honorary Associate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. She founded the UK Dung Beetle Mapping Project and Dung Beetles for Farmers. Find Sally-Ann and her son illustrated at the end of the book.

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