Yuck, You Suck!: Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck

by Heidi E y Stemple (Author) Eugenia Nobati (Illustrator)

Yuck, You Suck!: Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Warning: this book sucks! It bites, slurps, and sticks too.

Dare to open these pages and you'll find ticks, mosquitos, stingrays, elephants, jellyfish, and the particularly sucky lamprey.

Sixteen slurpy poems from Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple introduce a suction-filled selection of animals, and spectacularly sticky illustrations from Eugenia Nobati spotlight these stupendous suckers.

Ready to find out more? Prepare to get sucked in and read on...

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Introductions to 13 creatures you (mostly) wouldn’t want on your leg. 

School Library Journal

Gr 2-6 -Exuberant, busy, and brightly colored full-page illustrations show a variety of creatures who "sip, slurp, suck." Insects, birds, sea life, and animals are drawn with exaggerated features and expressions that give them a cartoonish appearance. The poems are printed directly, but unobtrusively, on the illustrations in a fun font. Most of the poems are bouncy rhymes, with a concrete poem and a haiku also included. Common and uncommon creatures are explored. Lampreys are described: "It looks like a flower, with petals of gold. Keratin fillings. Oh-beauty-behold! Get set to go nearer, through ocean and muck. Does that flower smell pretty? 'Tis a pity. Oops. Suck." Prologue and epilogue poems tie the theme together. End notes include an explanation on why animals suck, additional resources, anatomical terms for body parts that suck, informational paragraphs on each creature featured in the book, and a glossary of scientific terms. With a book talk or a display, it will be a hit in libraries or classrooms. VERDICT A delightful book that amuses and educates. Strong first purchase recommendation.

Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. 

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Heidi E y Stemple
Heidi E.Y. Stemple is a second-generation children's book author who has published more than 30 books including Counting Birds, I Am The Storm, and Not All Princesses Dress In Pink.

Anastasia Savorova is an award-winning children's book illustrator. She is the 2018 winner of the Bologna Children's Book Fair Silent Book Contest. She has illustrated several books for children including Shadow by Lucy Christopher and Adrift by Heidi Stemple. She lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781728415666
Lexile Measure
650
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Millbrook Press (Tm)
Publication date
October 04, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
SCI070000 - Science | Life Sciences | Zoology - General
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Food

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