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You Are a Garter Snake!

by Laurie Ann Thompson

A playful introduction to garter snakes

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A playful introduction to garter snakes

This board-book installment in the Meet Your World series introduces garter snakes through their life stages, from birth to their first shedding and beyond. Its interactive approach invites young children to stretch, bend, and twist as they learn about snake behaviors, including tongue-sniffing, defensive sprays, and gathering together for winter. The wider series connects animal habits with familiar actions and places garter snakes in the rural, suburban, and urban landscapes of North America. Backmatter extends the exploration with facts, a glossary, activities, and tips for helping and protecting garter snakes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Very young children exploring animal nonfiction with an adult
  • Families seeking interactive books about reptiles and everyday wildlife
  • Readers interested in hands-on animal activities and simple reference material

Themes

Garter snakes and their behaviorsAnimal life stagesWildlife in shared environmentsObservation and animal protection

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Book overview

Now in board book, this STEM nonfiction picture book series encourages very young readers to learn--through gentle interactivity and play--about the animals who share their world. This time, explore garter snakes!

Stretch, bend, twist! You may haves seen a small, slim garter snake disappear between rocks or flowers. Did you know that garter snakes spray smelly stuff to scare off predators, sniff with their tongues, and cuddle together for winter? From birth to first shedding and beyond, discover all that goes into being a garter snake in this charming picture book, the fourth in the Meet Your World series.

This playful and informative series invites you to take a closer look at the amazing animals that live right alongside you in rural, suburban, and urban landscapes across North America. In each book, words and art inspire you to act out animal actions that are not so different from your own habits. And robust backmatter offers even more information and fun with fascinating facts, a glossary, activities, and tips on how to help and protect garter snakes. From the animals' families and foods to their environments and behaviors, let's meet your world!
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