Whose Baby Butt?

Description

Laugh while you learn about baby animals. From fuzzy to feathery, baby animal butts are the silliest sights in nature. This hilarious book is the perfect companion to Whose Butt?, an acclaimed picture book by award-winning wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela. Readers are shown a baby animal's behind and asked to guess, "Whose baby butt is this?" Then it's time to turn the page and discover the answer! The interactive text and sensational photographs will have kids laughing out loud as they're introduced to a new variety of North American critters.

Naturalist, wildlife photographer, and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 175 field guides, nature books, children's books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 25 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations. Stan can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.

A wildlife photographer follows up Whose Butt? (2012) with a fresh portfolio of posteriors. Showing no traces of fecal matter and only rarely even a glimpse of bare skin, the fuzzy or feathery fundaments on view belong to young creatures ranging from moose to mustang, cottontail to sandhill crane-all photographed in outdoor settings and all followed by longer-shot views of the whole animal, usually with a parent. The accompanying hints and nature notes are informative, if cutesy ("HANG ON! Baby opossums can hang by their tails, but as they grow, they become too heavy for upside-down fun"). In a more businesslike listing at the end, the author adds further comments about diet, range, and behavior for each, along with smaller headshots. Though any mention or image of "butts" will reliably get a rise from young audiences, overall this is more about baby animals in general than a specific portion of their anatomy. With the possible exception of the opossum's unlovely behind, more likely to elicit responses of "Cute!" than "Gross!" (Informational picture book. 4-6) Kirkus Reviews