After the Kill
$17.79
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2014
Summary
Life in the grassland is a constant, dramatic struggle for survival between predator, prey, and scavenger. This delightfully gory narrative follows the life cycle of one carcass as it feeds a whole ecosystem of meat-eaters.A hungry lioness attacks a grazing zebra on the plains of East Africa. She bites it in the throat. The zebra is dead. After the kill, the lioness and her pride rip the carcass open and eat. Vultures swoop in and fight over scraps of meat, and cunning jackals compete with bo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570917448 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1570917442 |
| Author: | Catherine Stock, Darrin Lunde |
| Publisher: | Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 153g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm x 4mm |
| Series: | Junior Library Guild Selection |
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About The Author
Catherine Stock
Darrin Lunde has worked as a mammalogist at the American Museum of Natural History and at the Smithsonian Institute. His work has brought him into contact with all kinds of animals, big and small, throughout the remote forests of South America, Africa, and Asia where he camped for months at a time to survey species diversity and to discover new species. He is the author of Hello, Bumblebee Bat, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book, and other books about animals. He lives in Washington, DC.
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