How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships
by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins
Steve Jenkins’s trademark symbiosis of engaging text and detailed, dynamic... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2010
Word Count 2,999
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 950L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 136774, 0.5 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Animal communication
- Habits and behavior
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Animal behavior
- Symbiosis
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
- Social behavior in animals
- Animals
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
- Social behavior in animals--Juvenile literature
- Symbiosis--Juvenile literature
- Animal communication--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- How Things Work
- Life Science, 6-12
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Steve Jenkins
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Author Interviews 4
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2023
Commended, 2011
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2011
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
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