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24 pp.
| Boyds/Lemniscaat |
February, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59078-576-8$16.95
(3)
K-3
This book explains that baby animals need to be cared for by their parents, "just like people." From seahorse babies incubated by their fathers to platypus young no bigger than a bean, this basic introduction discusses the ways animals raise their offspring. Most of the illustrations are fairly realistic; occasionally the animals have been anthropomorphized (e.g., a beaver spanking its young).