Gobble It Up! A Fun Song About Eating! - Hardcover

Arnosky, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0439903629 ISBN 13: 9780439903622

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2008

Synopsis

If you were a wild raccoon,

You'd hunt at night by the light of the moon.

You'd catch some crawdads where they crawl,

And gobble them up -- shells and all!

From a hungry crocodile's attempt at a meal of wild ducklings, to a shark cruising for schools of fish, to a whale wrestling a wild giant squid; to a panda eating rare bamboo...... While some animals become food -- and some get away, readers will delight in seeing what and how different animals eat.

That's the way we all survive

We have to eat to stay alive.

We eat the food we have, and then --

We have to hunt for food again!

About this title

About the Author

Jim Arnosky is the author and illustrator of over one hundred books about wildlife and nature for young readers. He has received numerous Honours for his work, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in science illustration. He lives with his wife in northern Vermont.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1–3—Arnosky takes his nature storytelling one step further, adding music to the mix. This book takes a direct look at different animals and what they eat. It works well as a picture book, telling readers that if they were wild raccoons, or crocodiles, or great white sharks, they would "gobble up" crawdads, or ducklings, or fishes. The catchy song sung by the author on the accompanying CD adds the element of fun that's advertised. In recognizable, true-to-life acrylic illustrations that fill the spreads, the raccoon ambles into the forest, and a large crocodile opens its huge jaws to swallow up hapless little ducklings. The message, of course, is that this is what we must all do to survive. "We eat the food we have, and then—we have to hunt for food again!" With or without the music, this book will be sure to join Arnosky's others as favorites with youngsters eager to read about animals and with the storytime crowd as well.—Jane Marino, Bronxville Public Library, NY
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Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0439903629
• ISBN 13: 9780439903622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32