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Faces Only a Mother Could Love

By Dewey, Jennifer

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Faces only a mother could love? It's an arguable point, as Jennifer Owings Dewey's full-color pencil illustrations of the dinner-plate-eyed tarsier and baby chimp would tenderize the hardest of hearts. As you coo over the odd baby faces (except maybe that of the Hawaiian tree snail), you'll learn plenty of intriguing animal facts. Did you know that a tarsier baby can fit into a tablespoon when it's first born, baby rhinos aren't born with horns, and anteater tongues are two feet long? Dewey, award-winning author of Wildlife Rescue, has illustrated more than 30 books for children and adults.Read MoreRead Less

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ISBN
978-1-56397-046-7
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 1996

Gr 2-4 Dewey examines 16 mother and child relationships within the animal kingdom, including humans. The animals selected vary inexplicably from very specific (Jackson's chameleon) to very general (frogs). The lifeless writing is hardly more than a series of facts about each creature loosely strung together. Wording is often misleading. Sometimes, the information is plainly incorrect: "The face visible on the brown sphinx moth caterpillar i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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