Parent animals protect their babies from predators and the elements in lots of unusual ways. This delightful rhyming picture book explores some of the unique behaviors that creatures from kangaroos to cockroaches, emperor penguins to Surinam toads, use to keep their offspring safe, warm, and snug. Vivid illustrations by award-winning illustrators Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey enhance the humor in every poem.

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STEPHEN SWINBURNE is the author of numerous children's books about nature. A lifelong naturalist, he lives in South Londonderry, Vermont.
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Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey have illustrated more than seventy popular children's books together. Their widely acclaimed Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems, written by Judy Sierra, was featured on National Public Radio, won a gold medal from the National Parenting Publications Awards, and was a Publishers Weekly, Ingram, Borders, and Amazon.com bestseller. They are the illustrators of the Robert Kraus classics Leo the Late Bloomer and Herman the Helper, which received a Boston Globe-Horn Book- Honor. Mr. Aruego and Ms. Dewey both live in New York City.

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