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How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom by Steve Jenkins, Robin Page
thestoryowl's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic directions for how to behave like an animal.
asimilarkite's review against another edition
4.0
I don't usually count picture book style books toward my yearly reading goal, but this was a booktalk book, so it gets to be an exception because I had to spend so much time with it :) This is really very clever -- as pretty much everything created by Steve Jenkins tends to be. Kids love animals, and this is a very fun way of exploring unusual animal behavior. Written like a how-to book with the trademark paper cut collage style illustrations used by this duo, this book explores how spiders spin their webs, how crows crack open nuts, and of course how a snake could possibly swallow a pig. It was fun to booktalk, 'cause I treated it like a normal how-to book until the directions just seemed too ridiculous for a human being to follow. Cute, fun, well done.
pwbalto's review against another edition
5.0
Everything Steve Jenkins touches is going to be great to look at - the guy makes his own paper and then cuts and tears it into shapes so he can make fabulous, textured collages of plants and animals from near and far. He frequently works with his wife Robin Page, whose humor and ability to explain natural phenomena are real assets. So in this book you'll get step-by-step instructions on how to catch fish with bubbles (helps if you are an aquatic mammal with a tail), spin a web, and, of course, detach your jaw so that you can swallow a whole pig.
I was reading this at work and left it lying on a counter at the reference desk. Half an hour later, the librarian who relieved me on the desk approaches brandishing the book. "Have you SEEN this? This book is fantastic!" So don't take my word for it, listen to young Bryon.
All my picks for best books to give this holiday are at http://www.unadulterated.us/pink-me/2015/12/give-it-all-the-goodies-for-this-holiday-season.html
I was reading this at work and left it lying on a counter at the reference desk. Half an hour later, the librarian who relieved me on the desk approaches brandishing the book. "Have you SEEN this? This book is fantastic!" So don't take my word for it, listen to young Bryon.
All my picks for best books to give this holiday are at http://www.unadulterated.us/pink-me/2015/12/give-it-all-the-goodies-for-this-holiday-season.html
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
5.0
Jenkins and Page just get better and better.
stenaros's review against another edition
4.0
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I'm the kind of person who loves to learn how to do things. Even things I'm never going to do. This book hit a sweet spot that few books can. I know now how to swallow a pig and so much more.
I'm the kind of person who loves to learn how to do things. Even things I'm never going to do. This book hit a sweet spot that few books can. I know now how to swallow a pig and so much more.
jshettel's review against another edition
5.0
Great premise for a nonfiction how-to book. Jenkins does it again!
azajacks's review against another edition
4.0
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