| Baby Porcupine Contributor(s): Lang, Aubrey (Author), Lynch, Wayne (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 1550415603 ISBN-13: 9781550415605 Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: "Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2007" Deep in a Minnesota forest, a baby porcupine (called a porcupette) hides in a warm cave while she grows and develops. A climber from her second day in the world, the little porcupette is slow and pudgy; she is still in danger from predators. But as she grows bigger and stronger, her quills will also grow, and soon she will no longer need her mother's protection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Dewey: 599.359 |
| Series: Nature Babies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 8.74" W x 7.1" (0.63 lbs) 36 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 105554 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a forest in Minnesota, a baby porcupine is born. The youngster, called a porcupette, is big and already covered with quills. But she will still have some growing to do before she is sage from predators. In the meantime, she must learn to climb trees and manage those sharp quills before she'll be ready to leave her mother for good.
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Contributor Bio(s): Lynch, Wayne: - Wayne Lynch has seen his work published in more than two-dozen countries. With Aubrey Lang he has produced nearly 40 titles for children and adults, and countless articles in well-known nature magazines, including Ranger Rick, Owl, Wild, National Wildlife, and Canadian Geographic.Lang, Aubrey: - text by Aubrey Lang; photography by Wayne Lynch |