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Would you like to eat a ball of elephant dung for dinner, take a dust bath, and then curl up in a slimy sleeping bag? Oh, you'd rather chew on a tasty worm, lick yourself clean, and stand on one leg to fall asleep? Vibrantly coloured cut-and-torn paper illustrations introduce tasty, silly, and quirky ways some animals like to eat, take a bath, and go to sleep in this playful new series by celebrated husband-and-wife team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. It's time to eat! Which animals eat bamboo, can gulp down a whole deer, or swallow rocks to help them eat? Ages 4 to 8 Grades Preschool to 3 AUTHOR: Robin Page lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and collaborator, Steve Jenkins, and their three children. Along with writing and illustrating children's books, Steve and Robin run a graphic design studio.

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"""The real zoological factsare as thrilling as monster stories....The beautiful cut- and torn-paper collage illustrations are as expertly coloured, detailed, and expressive as in the creators' previous titles, and the layout, featuring plenty of white space, nicely spotlights each animal in action....Another stand-out science title from the husband-and-wife team."" (Booklist, starred review)"""

How to Clean a Hippopotomus: &#160;A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships &#160;with Robin Page <br> These fascinating stories from the natural world will easily interest young people, many of whom will want to move on from the appended notes about each featured critter to more in-depth titles that further explain the mysteries of animal symbiosis. -- Booklist, starred review <p>Jenkins, Steve Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember. <p> This [Monkey] takes the cheesy appeal of the dangerous-animals hook and makes it thoughtful and inventive without robbing it of its melodramatic charm. . . Crisp and clean detail particularly distinguishes this batch of Jenkins' cut-out-collages, laid out with sharp edges against the white backgrounds, so the soft painterly striations and fibrous mottling stand out all the more. -- The Bulletin <br> Down, Down, Down One of 8 Notable Children's Books of 2009 <p> Through a magical use of cut paper, Jenkins takes thes

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The real zoological factsare as thrilling as monster stories....The beautiful cut- and torn-paper collage illustrations are as expertly coloured, detailed, and expressive as in the creators' previous titles, and the layout, featuring plenty of white space, nicely spotlights each animal in action....Another stand-out science title from the husband-and-wife team. (Booklist, starred review)

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Steve Jenkins and Robin Page have collaborated on many books, including the Caldecott Honor-winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? and the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Move! Steve, Robin, and their three children eat, bathe, and sleep in Boulder, Colorado. Visit them at Steve's website at www.stevejenkinsbooks.com.

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