You Are a Raccoon!

You Are a Raccoon
You Are a Raccoon!

writ­ten by Lau­rie Ann Thomp­son
illus­trat­ed by Jay Fleck
Dial Books, April 2023
ISBN: 978–0593529720
32 pages, ages 2 to 5

Other Books in this Series:

The sec­ond in an adorable, STEM non­fic­tion pic­ture book series that encour­ages very young read­ers to learn—through gen­tle inter­ac­tiv­i­ty and play—about the ani­mals who share their world.

Crawl, cling climb! You may have seen a rac­coon scur­ry up a tree or across the road just before dark. Did you know that rac­coons stay up at night play­ing, hunt­ing, and eat­ing when you go to sleep? From birth to first stripes and beyond, dis­cov­er all that goes into being a rac­coon in this charm­ing pic­ture book, the sec­ond in the Meet Your World series.

This play­ful and infor­ma­tive series invites you to take a clos­er look at the amaz­ing ani­mals that live right along­side you in rur­al, sub­ur­ban, and urban land­scapes across North Amer­i­ca. In each book, words and art inspire you to act out ani­mal actions that are not so dif­fer­ent from your own habits. And robust back­mat­ter offers even more facts and fun. From the ani­mals’ fam­i­lies and foods to their envi­ron­ments and behav­iors, let’s meet your world!

Activities

Accolades

Reviews

“Thomp­son and Fleck have craft­ed a tru­ly won­der­ful book that not only pulls read­ers in with a cute tale about ani­mals but also incor­po­rates activ­i­ties that mim­ic the lives of raccoons—all while being edu­ca­tion­al! … VERDICT: All libraries will want to include this in their children’s col­lec­tions.” (School Library Jour­nal)

“The spare text on each page is acces­si­ble for emerg­ing read­ers, and the full-col­or art’s sooth­ing palette makes this ide­al for a bed­time sto­ry.… Nat­u­ral­is­tic and charm­ing.” (Kirkus

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