Do You Know Porcupines? Contributor(s): Bergeron, Alain M. (Author), Quitin, Michel (Author), Sampar (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1554553210 ISBN-13: 9781554553211 Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Mammals |
Dewey: 599.359 |
Lexile Measure: 660 |
Series: Do You Know? |
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 6.07" W x 8.19" (0.29 lbs) 64 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 166098 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Do you know? The North American porcupine possesses approximately 30,000 quills. Porcupine quill tips are made of little hooks that make removing them difficult. Porcupines do not throw their quills. Thanks to their quills, porcupines can float on water. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sampar: - Samuel Parent, pen name Sampar, was born in 1973 in Victoriaville Quebec. He is a self-taught illustrator and cartoonist. He made his mark in recent years in the publishing world by being a winner of the New York Times top 10 illustrators of the year for 2014 and by being a finalist for the Governor General of Canada 2004 (Youth illustration). He has also been a Mr. Christie's Book Award 2002 finalist Awards, a favourite books Youth Communication-Jeunesse finalist, and a Hackmatack Award finalist in 2003 and 2004. Bergeron, Alain M.: -Alain Bergeron is a Quebec writer born September 24, 1957. Before becoming a full-time youth author in the fall or 2005, he was a reporter for twenty years in Victoriaville. The least we can say is that it is a very prolific writer, with over 130 books! He writes for various youth age groups, and publishes between 15 and 20 titles a year. Bergeron, Alain M.: -Alain Bergeron is a Quebec writer born September 24, 1957. Before becoming a full-time youth author in the fall or 2005, he was a reporter for twenty years in Victoriaville. The least we can say is that it is a very prolific writer, with over 130 books! He writes for various youth age groups, and publishes between 15 and 20 titles a year. Sampar: -Samuel Parent, pen name Sampar, was born in 1973 in Victoriaville Quebec. He is a self-taught illustrator and cartoonist. He made his mark in recent years in the publishing world by being a winner of the New York Times top 10 illustrators of the year for 2014 and by being a finalist for the Governor General of Canada 2004 (Youth illustration). He has also been a Mr. Christie's Book Award 2002 finalist Awards, a favourite books Youth Communication-Jeunesse finalist, and a Hackmatack Award finalist in 2003 and 2004. Bergeron, Alain: - Written by Alain M. Bergeron, Michel Quintin and Sampar; Illustrations by Sampar |