{"product_id":"behold-the-beautiful-dung-beetle-isbn-9781580895552","title":"Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle","description":"Dung is a precious pile of food and drink for these beetles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimple science text and dramatic illustrations give a close-up view of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the precious poop. Dung is food, drink, and fuel for new life—as crucial to these beetles as the beetles are to many habitats, including our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack matter includes instructions for finding dung beetles, fun facts, glossary, and a selected bibliography.Cheryl Bardoe is the author of two Orbis Pictus Honor books, Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (Abrams, 2010) and Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas (Abrams, 2006), as well as The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric Tale (Abrams, 2011). She lives near Hartford, Connecticut, with her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Marks began his career illustrating for magazines and newspapers in England. His first children's book \u003ci\u003eStorm\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Kevin Crossley Holland, won the Carnegie Medal. Alan now illustrates a wide variety of subjects, from nursery rhymes to war poetry. He is the illustrator of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book \u003ci\u003eA Mother’s Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBehold the Beautiful Dung Beetle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlanet Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Lost Bat\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Alan lives in an old house in the Kent countryside with his wife and two daughters.Somewhere in the world right now an animal\u003cbr\u003eis lightening its load—\u003cbr\u003ein your backyard,\u003cbr\u003eon a nearby farm,\u003cbr\u003ein a forest,\u003cbr\u003eon a grassland far away.","brand":"Charlesbridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300051570917,"sku":"NP9781580895552","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781580895552.jpg?v=1767722387","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/behold-the-beautiful-dung-beetle-isbn-9781580895552","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}