Children's Nonfiction Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Squirrels, Etc.
Baby Porcupine
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2005
- Category
- Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Squirrels, etc., General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550415605
- Publish Date
- Dec 2005
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550415629
- Publish Date
- Dec 2005
- List Price
- $7.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 5 to 8
- Grade: k to 3
Description
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.
About the authors
Aubrey Lang has been a freelance writer and photographer for more than fifteen years. A science writer and wildlife photographer for the past twenty-five years, Wayne Lynch has seen his work published in more than two dozen countries. Together they've produced nearly forty titles for children and adults, and countless articles in well-known nature magazines, including Ranger Rick, Owl, Wild, National Wildlife and Canadian Geographic.
Wayne Lynch
Recognized and respected as one of North America's leading wildlife and natural history photographers, Wayne Lynch has spent the last forty-two years capturing images of wildlife in wild places the world over. His impressive photo credits include hundreds of magazine covers, thousands of calendar shots, and tens of thousands of images published in over sixty countries. Lynch is also an award-winning science writer, a popular guest lecturer, and a veteran photo safari leader. His practical and entertaining approach to natural history, whether it be through the written or spoken word, has attracted the admiration of audiences worldwide. He has photographed both common and unusual creatures in their native habitat in more than fifty countries, travelling extensively for long periods of time and often undergoing considerable physical hardship to get the "perfect shot."
With an exceptional ability to write for both adults and children, Lynch has authored more than fifth highly acclaimed natural history books, including The Great Northern Kingdom: Life in the Boreal Forest, Wild Birds Across the Prairies, Penguins of the World,Mountain Bears, Bear: Monarchs of the Northern Wilderness, A is for Arctic: Natural Wonders of a Polar World, The Nature Babies Series and the wildly popular children's book The Scoop on Poop: The Fascinating Science of How Animals Use Poop.
Lynch is a Fellow of the internationally recognized Explorers Club and Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America. Lynch lives in Calgary with his wife of forty-five years, Aubrey Lang.
Editorial Reviews
"The 'Introduction to the Reader' in Baby Porcupine explains this book's remarkable series of photographs. The author and photographer followed a baby porcupine in a Minnesota forest to photograph her behaviors, including feeding, interacting with her mother, and avoiding predation. . . The story line is simple, yet will appeal to children time after time, whether someone reads the book to them (kindergarteners) or they read it themselves (fourth graders)."
— Science Books & Films
"This talented writer/photographer team provides a well-balanced combination of information with extraordinary full-color photos obtained by observing a mother and her baby in a Minnesota forest. Readers are given insight into the animal-s diet and behavior and a look at some of the other wildlife that shares her habitat. A captivating moment comes when a fisher comes after the baby while she is alone, and includes images of her attempt to protect herself by squeezing into some rocks and of her predator with a nose full of quills. Though the text is spare, the glimpses that it provides of the daily life of a porcupine are fascinating. A -Did You Know-- section offers additional bits of trivia. An appealing presentation."
— School Library Journal
Other titles by Aubrey Lang
Other titles by Wayne Lynch
Wildlife of the North
Animals of the High Latitudes of North America and Europe
Bears Bears Bears
Loons
Treasured Symbols of the North
Wildlife of the Rockies for Kids
Baby Loon
Baby Alligator
Bears of the North
A Year Inside Their Worlds
A Celebration of Prairie Birds
Alligators
The Illustrated Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation
The Scoop on Poop
The Fascinating Science of How Animals Use Poop