{"product_id":"the-nature-kids-guide-to-porcupines-a-level-2-reader-for-curious-young-kids-who-love-porcupines-9798898181666","title":"The Nature Kid's Guide to Porcupines: A Level 2 Reader for Curious Young Kids Who Love Porcupines!","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Anderson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: LP Media Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: LP Media Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Animals - Mammals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThwack! A curious dog shoves its nose at a round, spiky animal on the forest floor. One tail swing later, the dog has 50 quills in its face. It's a porcupine, and everyone better stay back!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePorcupines are famous for their quills, but there's so much more going on under those spikes. These remarkable animals have bright orange iron-coated teeth, can float on water like a tiny boat, and crave salt so badly they'll gnaw on wooden signs and old bones to get it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Nature Kid's Guide to Porcupines\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is written for curious kids ages 7 to 12 who want to know what makes these spiky animals so extraordinary. How do tiny barbed hooks make a single quill nearly impossible to remove? Why do porcupines strip whole trees of bark in winter and sometimes kill them? And how does a small fierce hunter called a fisher take down a porcupine in under 30 minutes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover that a porcupine can strip a whole tree bare in one winter and sometimes kill it, that one study found 35% of porcupines had healed broken bones from falling out of trees, and that porcupines make over a dozen sounds including screams, moans, and grunts. They'll learn how a porcupine woos a mate by standing on its hind legs and waving its paws in the air, how great horned owls snatch them right off branches in the dark, and why a porcupine's best defense is simply turning its back and waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book for every kid who thinks porcupines are the coolest animal in the forest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpiky armor, surprising secrets, and a whole book full of wild facts your child will want to share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Grab a copy, your kid is next!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LP Media Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892879671447,"sku":"9798898181666","price":1111.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798898181666.webp?v=1781189642","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-nature-kids-guide-to-porcupines-a-level-2-reader-for-curious-young-kids-who-love-porcupines-9798898181666","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}