Bottoms Up!: A Book About Rear Ends

Singer, Marilyn

ISBN 10: 0805042466 / ISBN 13: 9780805042467

Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1998

About this Item

FINE IN FINE DJ. A humorous look at how animals use their rear ends- sitting, stinging, breathing, etc. Great color illus too! Illustrated by O'Brien, Patrick. 1st ed.

Seller Inventory # MAIN008162

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bottoms Up!: A Book About Rear Ends
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805042466
• ISBN 13: 9780805042467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: O'Brien, Patrick
• Edition: 1st Edition- 1ST PRT
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

What has one of the most feared rear ends in the animal kingdom? Why are baboon bottoms red? How does a chicken lay an egg? These are just a few of the intriguing questions that are answered in this informative picture book about the incredible things animals--from honeybees to horses--can do with their great posteriors.

In their friendendly, accessible style, Marilyn Singer and Patrick O'Brien get to the bottom of bottoms. The result is a fascinating examination of form and function in the animal world.

About the Author

Marilyn Singer is the author of A Wasp Is Not a Bee, illustrated by Patrick O'Brien, and Deal with a Ghost. She was inspired to write Bottoms Up! after a trip to the Prospect Park Zoo where she became intrigued with the bottoms of baboons. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Patrick O' Brien is the illustrator of A Wasp Is Not a Bee by Marilyn Singer, and Teddy Roosevelt's Elk by Bra Z. Guiberson. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.