If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo: And Other Poop Tales from Nature (Tilbury House Nature Book)

by Sara Martel, Sara Lynn Cramb (Illustrator)

Overview

*Selected to the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 for 2017 list, a cooperative project of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children’s Book Council*

*Selected by Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2016*

Wombat poos are box-shaped to stay where they're deposited and serve as messages to other animals.

Baby golden tortoise beetles pile poop on their backs to create a shield as protection from predators.  Silver-spotted skipper caterpillars can shoot their poops 40 times their own body length to conceal their true locations.  Baby hoopoes squirt their poops into the eyes of attackers -- and who wants feces in their faces?  Baby Ozark blind cave salamanders use gray bat guano for food.
The bottom (!!) line: Ever-inventive nature finds a thousand uses for poop.  Nothing goes to waste (!!).  This book is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser with a lot of information to share.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780884484981
Publisher:	Tilbury House Publishers
Publication date:	05/01/2016
Series:	Tilbury House Nature Book Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	36
File size:	28 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

SARA MARTEL endured innumerable close encounters with poop during her eleven years as a zoo-keeper at the St. Louis Zoo. Mostly these were from species dear to her, including the multiple fly-by poopings she received from rainbow lorikeets. She served, too, as an assistant field biologist helping with seabird research for organizations including the U.S. Fish&Wildlife Service. Sara has since written about wildlife conservation efforts for regional and national publications including Sierra, National Wildlife, Birder's World, Birding, and the Boston Globe Magazine. Her husband Rick, along with Scout the dog and Maverick the cat, heard countless dinner-time poop tales during this book's writing.
SARA LYNN CRAMB grew up in the Great Lakes region where she spent much of her time adventuring in the woods, drawing, playing with four-legged friends, and reading picture books. She has created illustrations and designs for numerous educational books, interactive signage, posters, and children's books. Sara shares her home with her husband, two grumpy turtles, a pair of mischievous cats, and far more books than one person should own. Her children's book illustrations include 50 Things You Should Know About the Human Body and Smithsonian Young Explorers Fact Book and Puzzle.