Kids curious about topics that gross out grown-ups can learn about how animals use poop for defense, shelter, and even food in this nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read!
Ew…poop. Poop is gross. Poop is funny. But did you know poop is really important to lots of animals? Some use it to build homes, some for protection, and some even eat it! Find out more about the smellier side of the animal kingdom in this fact-filled early reader.---from the publisher
32 pages 978-1665971997 Ages 4-7
Keywords: poo, gross, how things work, animals, fun, humor, science, ecosystem, part of a series, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old
Read alike: Poo Pile On The Prairie by Amy Hevron
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Clever cover design features "Poop" front and center in all its glory with an exclamation point to boot, and being held in the air by a dung beetle (who happen to LOVE poop!) Kids will laugh, and parents will applaud when they read the back cover "Level 2 Reader" which is a superstar reader. That is enough to make this book fly off the shelf, but as the infomercials say, but wait! There's more!
Brilliant placement of the glossary in the beginning of the story will help readers along. Be sure and read the glossary first to understand all the words used for poop: scat, dung, feces, manure, guano, and in some cases, pellets.
Rabbits eat their own poop! Ewwwwwwww! They eat hay and grass all day which is hard for them to digest, so their pellets stick together (once pooped) to make a sort of "poop soup" easy for them to digest.
Some animals use their own poop as a defense. A sparm whale will release a "poopnado" to disguise where they are hiding. The male hippo spreads his poop out all over his territory. It keeps away other males and also may llure females who like the "stench."
Brimming with fascinating facts about poop, kids wil absolutely love *Don't Waste the Poop! *
Highly, highly recommended for reluctant, yet emergent readers. This might be THE book that turns reluctance into joy!
Recommended by: Pamela Thompson, Librarian, Florida, USA
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