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How to Clean a Hippopotamus A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships

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ISBN-10: 0547245157

ISBN-13: 9780547245157

Edition: 2010

Authors: Robin Page, Steve Jenkins, Steve Jenkins

List price: $17.99
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What does a water buffalo see in an egret? Why would a badger want a coyote for company? What makes a horse mackerel think he can hang around with a Portugese man-of-war---and live to tell about it? In this fascinating picture book, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore these and many other instances of mutualism: the mutually beneficial symbiotic relationships that can be found everywhere in the animal kingdom. But in addition to the husband and wife team's trademark style of cut paper illustrations and fascinating text, they will also cover new artistic ground. Drawing upon the style of the graphic novel, they will use a series of illustrative frames from different points of view to…    
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/3/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Size: 8.00" wide x 11.50" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Robin Page lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and collaborator, Steve Jenkins, and their three children. Along with writing and illustrating children’s books, Steve and Robin run a graphic design studio.

Steve Jenkins has written and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor-winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and frequent collaborator, Robin Page, and their children.