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Polite Predators #1
How to Promenade with a Python (and Not Get Eaten)
In this chapter book series, a savvy cockroach shares wise tips and tricks to surviving an encounter with a charming predator who may (or may not) want to be your friend.
Celeste is a cockroach, and everyone knows that cockroaches are survivors, so who better to give advice on surviving an encounter with a polite predator? Everyone also knows that taking a moonlit promenade with a deadly reticulated python (named Frank) is a very bad idea. But Celeste loves very bad ideas, and she is willing to put your life on the line to prove herself right! Need to stop a python from swallowing you head-first? Wear a lamp shade as a hat! Want to speed up a three-hundred-pound snake? Try roller skates! What's the perfect light snack for a python? A chicken! Using her superior pythonine knowledge, Celeste comes up with various strategies and solutions -- many dangerous, most absurd, but all based on the biology of pythons. Meanwhile, Frank is hatching his own plans.
Celeste is a cockroach, and everyone knows that cockroaches are survivors, so who better to give advice on surviving an encounter with a polite predator? Everyone also knows that taking a moonlit promenade with a deadly reticulated python (named Frank) is a very bad idea. But Celeste loves very bad ideas, and she is willing to put your life on the line to prove herself right! Need to stop a python from swallowing you head-first? Wear a lamp shade as a hat! Want to speed up a three-hundred-pound snake? Try roller skates! What's the perfect light snack for a python? A chicken! Using her superior pythonine knowledge, Celeste comes up with various strategies and solutions -- many dangerous, most absurd, but all based on the biology of pythons. Meanwhile, Frank is hatching his own plans.
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Published February 2, 2021
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March 3, 2021
"HELLO! I'm Celeste, and I'm a COCKROACH. (Madagascar Hissing Cockroach) Me and my kin have been around for 300 MILLION YEARS. That's a long time.
Enough time to become experts on a great many things. Like SURVIVING--I'm good at that. But I'm not just a survivor. I'm a CLASSY survivor. Stylish, Elegant, Chic, and smart. That's me!
AND I CAN TEACH YOU. Not just how to outsmart an ordinary HAIRY BEAR or SHARP-TOOTHED CAT but how to SURVIVE the POLITE PREDATORS in your life, the sly ones that ask you to STROLL IN THE MOONLIGHT or HAVE TEA on the TERRACE."
Hysterical and informative. Celeste helps you avoid being consumed by a predatory promenading python. There are rollerskates, an inflatable, a tutu and more involved PLUS a lot of factual information about pythons that readers will definitely remember.
I'd read this aloud to students just for pure joy! Then leave in the classroom library for students to enjoy and then to contemplate questions like:
*What are the facts you learn about the python and other snakes?
*How do you differentiate a fact from a funny, fictitious detail?
*What do the author Rachel Poliquin and illustrator Kathryn Durst do to make this book burst with joy?
RACHEL POLIQUIN IS A GO-TO AUTHOR FOR ME. Highly recommend her "Superpower Field Guides" about the beaver, ostrich, eel and mole!
PAIR THIS TEXT WITH Nic Bishop Snakes.
Enough time to become experts on a great many things. Like SURVIVING--I'm good at that. But I'm not just a survivor. I'm a CLASSY survivor. Stylish, Elegant, Chic, and smart. That's me!
AND I CAN TEACH YOU. Not just how to outsmart an ordinary HAIRY BEAR or SHARP-TOOTHED CAT but how to SURVIVE the POLITE PREDATORS in your life, the sly ones that ask you to STROLL IN THE MOONLIGHT or HAVE TEA on the TERRACE."
Hysterical and informative. Celeste helps you avoid being consumed by a predatory promenading python. There are rollerskates, an inflatable, a tutu and more involved PLUS a lot of factual information about pythons that readers will definitely remember.
I'd read this aloud to students just for pure joy! Then leave in the classroom library for students to enjoy and then to contemplate questions like:
*What are the facts you learn about the python and other snakes?
*How do you differentiate a fact from a funny, fictitious detail?
*What do the author Rachel Poliquin and illustrator Kathryn Durst do to make this book burst with joy?
RACHEL POLIQUIN IS A GO-TO AUTHOR FOR ME. Highly recommend her "Superpower Field Guides" about the beaver, ostrich, eel and mole!
PAIR THIS TEXT WITH Nic Bishop Snakes.
January 4, 2021
Thank you Netgalley for an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
How to Promenade with a Python is a hilariously delightful, non-fiction story written by a cockroach as a how-to book. The cockroach, Celeste, walks you through how to survive a night stroll with a python, all while giving you facts about pythons in a way that you don’t even realize you’re learning.
The full-color illustrations are fantastic and add to the laugh-out-loud nature of this story. My six-year-old, who LOVES snakes, peeked over my shoulder, and begged me to read the book to him. Not only did it keep his attention, but we were BOTH roaring with laughter. This book is a little long to read in one sitting for a six-year-old, but when I asked him if we could finish it later, he begged me to keep going.
It also does an amazing job teaching vocabulary. There are a lot of large words in this book, but the author doesn’t shy away from using them. Instead, she provides a description in a fun and engaging way—an excellent perk for any teacher! As an educator, I was impressed by the extensive use of science terms and the ease with which they are described.
This is, hands-down, the best non-fiction book for kids I have ever read. It is a great way to introduce a topic and non-fiction reading in general. I highly recommend this book for every elementary classroom (and even middle grade science classrooms). I will be first in line to purchase it!
How to Promenade with a Python is a hilariously delightful, non-fiction story written by a cockroach as a how-to book. The cockroach, Celeste, walks you through how to survive a night stroll with a python, all while giving you facts about pythons in a way that you don’t even realize you’re learning.
The full-color illustrations are fantastic and add to the laugh-out-loud nature of this story. My six-year-old, who LOVES snakes, peeked over my shoulder, and begged me to read the book to him. Not only did it keep his attention, but we were BOTH roaring with laughter. This book is a little long to read in one sitting for a six-year-old, but when I asked him if we could finish it later, he begged me to keep going.
It also does an amazing job teaching vocabulary. There are a lot of large words in this book, but the author doesn’t shy away from using them. Instead, she provides a description in a fun and engaging way—an excellent perk for any teacher! As an educator, I was impressed by the extensive use of science terms and the ease with which they are described.
This is, hands-down, the best non-fiction book for kids I have ever read. It is a great way to introduce a topic and non-fiction reading in general. I highly recommend this book for every elementary classroom (and even middle grade science classrooms). I will be first in line to purchase it!
January 19, 2021
Listen, I DO NOT like snakes. Not even a little. And therefore, as a children's librarian, I typically shy away from books with the call number NF 597! But I have to say, the cover alone convinced me to read Rachel Poliquin's How to Promenade with a Python (and Not Get Eaten).
And read it, I did. Every page. And I laughed! And I learned a lot! And (gasp) I enjoyed it!
Kathryn Durst's hilarious illustrations are just the right touch for this humorous and informative book about python's. Well, actually it's a book about promenading with a python - and surviving to tell about it!
I mean, did you know that python's move with rectilinear motion, meaning they creep forward by lifting and pushing each of their 305 ribs individually?! And what's more, this means you can probably walk three times as fast as a python can move. Which is a good thing, because a python's double-jointed hinge in his mouth means he can likely swallow you whole - after he squeezes you to death!
See . . . snakes, ewwww! But reading about a snake, and in particular a python, was entirely enjoyable because Rachel Poliquin and Kathryn Durst are a fabulous team!
And read it, I did. Every page. And I laughed! And I learned a lot! And (gasp) I enjoyed it!
Kathryn Durst's hilarious illustrations are just the right touch for this humorous and informative book about python's. Well, actually it's a book about promenading with a python - and surviving to tell about it!
I mean, did you know that python's move with rectilinear motion, meaning they creep forward by lifting and pushing each of their 305 ribs individually?! And what's more, this means you can probably walk three times as fast as a python can move. Which is a good thing, because a python's double-jointed hinge in his mouth means he can likely swallow you whole - after he squeezes you to death!
See . . . snakes, ewwww! But reading about a snake, and in particular a python, was entirely enjoyable because Rachel Poliquin and Kathryn Durst are a fabulous team!
January 27, 2021
Rachel Poliquin made a beautiful apealing story by writing How to Promenade with a Python and Not Get Eaten.
This book is really amazing. The story is well written and in it's design they made the story and the illustrations as one. The story is being told by a cockroach who is giving his advise about surviving. And while giving this advice, he gives us loads of information about pythons. Information that was mostly - even for me as an adult - new for me.
Truth to be told, I love it when children's books contain an educational element, especially when it not screams off the pages. This is that kind of book where children read it for fun and won't even notice that they are learning quite some facts about pythons.
The illustrations are colourfull and apealing for children. And most of all this book brings humor and fun.
Perfect as a book for children to read on there own, to read with parents or to read in class!
This book is really amazing. The story is well written and in it's design they made the story and the illustrations as one. The story is being told by a cockroach who is giving his advise about surviving. And while giving this advice, he gives us loads of information about pythons. Information that was mostly - even for me as an adult - new for me.
Truth to be told, I love it when children's books contain an educational element, especially when it not screams off the pages. This is that kind of book where children read it for fun and won't even notice that they are learning quite some facts about pythons.
The illustrations are colourfull and apealing for children. And most of all this book brings humor and fun.
Perfect as a book for children to read on there own, to read with parents or to read in class!
March 17, 2021
I did not like this as much as her Superhero Field Guide series. The Field Guides have plenty of humor, but are clearly nonfiction. This one was more of a fiction/nonfiction blend, when I was hoping for it to be a little more tilted toward nonfiction.
Otherwise, it was a pretty funny conceit, with a hissing cockroach telling the reader all about how to go about promenading with a python (an obviously bad idea). Tucked within the wild ridiculousness of the story were an assortment of python facts.
In terms of appeal, Rachel Poliquin still stands pretty strong.
Otherwise, it was a pretty funny conceit, with a hissing cockroach telling the reader all about how to go about promenading with a python (an obviously bad idea). Tucked within the wild ridiculousness of the story were an assortment of python facts.
In terms of appeal, Rachel Poliquin still stands pretty strong.
August 26, 2021
Celeste is a cockroach and has a wealth of knowledge on how to survive predators, which in this book, focuses on Frank, the python, who has invited a young boy out for a nightly promenade.
This book is so fun with the all color pages, illustrations, and text. Celeste spews out so much factual information about pythons, that she makes learning all about this deadly predator fun. Highly recommend to animal/snake lovers and reluctant readers.
This book is so fun with the all color pages, illustrations, and text. Celeste spews out so much factual information about pythons, that she makes learning all about this deadly predator fun. Highly recommend to animal/snake lovers and reluctant readers.
May 2, 2021
Very cute book about pythons and how they live and eat. Told in a cute fun and cartoony way and very enjoyable. My only quibble is with the end, the Python never gets anything to eat and we know it had to eat something. A little realism at the end is important in my opinion.
February 9, 2021
Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. It will be released February 2, 2021, by Tundra Books.
If I was still working, I would purchase it in a heartbeat. It's got just the right amount of facts, farce and fear to engage readers of all ages. I only wish I could have found out more about Kathryn Durst's process for creating these vibrant illustrations.
A Madagascar Hissing Cockroach named Celeste hosts this book. Cockroaches are expert survivors who have been on the planet for millions of years. Given this, they are very knowledgeable and can teach us humans many things.
In this case Celeste is teaching readers how to take a promenade with a python named Frank. Please note that she makes it very very clear that in real life this is an extremely bad idea.
I am in awe of how much I learned about pythons in this book.
Did you know that there are more than forty different kinds of pythons? Did you know that reticulated pythons like Frank can grow to be 8 metres long and weigh 150 Kilograms? (That's as long as a bus and as heavy as four baby hippos.) Did you know they have bad eyesight and are colour blind?
I especially appreciated the labeled diagram with a cutout section showing Frank's bones.
Are you interested in learning how pythons like Frank capture, kill and swallow their prey? This entertaining nonfiction picture book will teach you this, and much much more about this not so polite predator.
I have learned not to go anywhere near them!
If I was still working, I would purchase it in a heartbeat. It's got just the right amount of facts, farce and fear to engage readers of all ages. I only wish I could have found out more about Kathryn Durst's process for creating these vibrant illustrations.
A Madagascar Hissing Cockroach named Celeste hosts this book. Cockroaches are expert survivors who have been on the planet for millions of years. Given this, they are very knowledgeable and can teach us humans many things.
In this case Celeste is teaching readers how to take a promenade with a python named Frank. Please note that she makes it very very clear that in real life this is an extremely bad idea.
I am in awe of how much I learned about pythons in this book.
Did you know that there are more than forty different kinds of pythons? Did you know that reticulated pythons like Frank can grow to be 8 metres long and weigh 150 Kilograms? (That's as long as a bus and as heavy as four baby hippos.) Did you know they have bad eyesight and are colour blind?
I especially appreciated the labeled diagram with a cutout section showing Frank's bones.
Are you interested in learning how pythons like Frank capture, kill and swallow their prey? This entertaining nonfiction picture book will teach you this, and much much more about this not so polite predator.
I have learned not to go anywhere near them!
January 7, 2021
When I first picked up this book I thought I was going to be about many different predators and how to keep safe but it is in fact just about pythons and incredibly fascinating. How to Promenade with a Python (and not get eaten) by Rachel Poliquin and Kathryn Durst is a hilarious and educational and classy look at pythons.
Snake lovers everywhere will LOVE this book. It’s packed with humour and interesting facts all about pythons. I learned a TON! I particularly love that the narrator in the story is a dapper cockroach named Celeste. How to Promenade with a Python is perfect for middle graders who love non-fiction and graphic stories. It has the best of both. Kathryn Durst brings this book to life with her wild and wacky illustrations and Rachel Poliquin comes at you with the amazing facts all about pythons.
Another particularly amazing thing about this book is the language. Rachel Poliquin really reaches back in the English language to bring out some gems like promenade, knickerbockers, peril and ruse. Not only are readers learning interesting science facts but they are also improving their vocabulary at the same time. Total win-win!
How to Promenade with a Python is definitely my kind of non-fiction book. It’s not just a book about cold hard facts, there is a story, there is humour and there is so much fun packed into the 76 pages.
Snake lovers everywhere will LOVE this book. It’s packed with humour and interesting facts all about pythons. I learned a TON! I particularly love that the narrator in the story is a dapper cockroach named Celeste. How to Promenade with a Python is perfect for middle graders who love non-fiction and graphic stories. It has the best of both. Kathryn Durst brings this book to life with her wild and wacky illustrations and Rachel Poliquin comes at you with the amazing facts all about pythons.
Another particularly amazing thing about this book is the language. Rachel Poliquin really reaches back in the English language to bring out some gems like promenade, knickerbockers, peril and ruse. Not only are readers learning interesting science facts but they are also improving their vocabulary at the same time. Total win-win!
How to Promenade with a Python is definitely my kind of non-fiction book. It’s not just a book about cold hard facts, there is a story, there is humour and there is so much fun packed into the 76 pages.
February 7, 2025
Celeste the cockroach is here to help a young man who has been invited to go on a moonlight promenade with a python. Celeste knows all about pythons, and has loads of ideas about how to avoid getting eaten by them. But will her ideas work?
This is a goofy book that has a hilarious premise. What would you do if invited to go on a moonlight promenade with a python? While giving advice, Celeste also dispenses much knowledge about pythons, and comes up with some wild ways to circumvent the potentially deadly bits (like wearing an upside down lampshade on your head to make it too big to swallow, or freezing your clothes so the python's heat sensors won't pick you up). Along the way readers will learn all sorts of things about pythons without even realizing it. I've seen this listed as nonfiction, but it feels too wild and goofy and overall fictional to get shelved in the nonfiction section. It is most definitely educational fiction, but also highly entertaining.
Notes on content: While the book constantly talks about pythons eating things, it isn't gory or morbid.
This is a goofy book that has a hilarious premise. What would you do if invited to go on a moonlight promenade with a python? While giving advice, Celeste also dispenses much knowledge about pythons, and comes up with some wild ways to circumvent the potentially deadly bits (like wearing an upside down lampshade on your head to make it too big to swallow, or freezing your clothes so the python's heat sensors won't pick you up). Along the way readers will learn all sorts of things about pythons without even realizing it. I've seen this listed as nonfiction, but it feels too wild and goofy and overall fictional to get shelved in the nonfiction section. It is most definitely educational fiction, but also highly entertaining.
Notes on content: While the book constantly talks about pythons eating things, it isn't gory or morbid.
March 3, 2022
Animals aren’t evil. They are just hungry!
At least I believe this is the main message Rachel Poliquin is trying to share through this book and possibly the next books in the “Polite Predators” series.
In this one, we learn a lot about snakes, pythons specifically. We follow the teachings of Celeste the Cockroach as she explains all about animals and their behaviors!
While I thought there was some good advice and some really funny moments, I just hope it’s not too scary for children as Frank the Python is constantly trying to eat everything… but I had a blast!
The illustrations by Kathryn Durst are absolutely beautiful and I would flip through the pages again just to admire some of the pictures.
Good overall. Just not 100% sure of the morale/message of this story other than “feed your python before it feeds itself”.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Penguin Random House publishing for providing me with a free copy. I cherished this opportunity to read it in exchange for an honest review.
At least I believe this is the main message Rachel Poliquin is trying to share through this book and possibly the next books in the “Polite Predators” series.
In this one, we learn a lot about snakes, pythons specifically. We follow the teachings of Celeste the Cockroach as she explains all about animals and their behaviors!
While I thought there was some good advice and some really funny moments, I just hope it’s not too scary for children as Frank the Python is constantly trying to eat everything… but I had a blast!
The illustrations by Kathryn Durst are absolutely beautiful and I would flip through the pages again just to admire some of the pictures.
Good overall. Just not 100% sure of the morale/message of this story other than “feed your python before it feeds itself”.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Penguin Random House publishing for providing me with a free copy. I cherished this opportunity to read it in exchange for an honest review.
January 25, 2021
I received a gifted copy of this book from Penguin Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review.
What a fun and informative read! How to Promenade With a Python (and Not Get Eaten) is a humorous informative text in graphic novel form that is a wealth of information about python. It is told in a way that is so engaging and funny that made learning seem like a byproduct of the entertainment in the reading of the book. I particularly enjoyed the fantastic and flashy personality of the cockroach who is almost like the cohost and guide of this book to surviving an encounter with a python. I am looking forward to the next book as I believe that this is the first of a new series, A Polite Predators Book.
What a fun and informative read! How to Promenade With a Python (and Not Get Eaten) is a humorous informative text in graphic novel form that is a wealth of information about python. It is told in a way that is so engaging and funny that made learning seem like a byproduct of the entertainment in the reading of the book. I particularly enjoyed the fantastic and flashy personality of the cockroach who is almost like the cohost and guide of this book to surviving an encounter with a python. I am looking forward to the next book as I believe that this is the first of a new series, A Polite Predators Book.
January 7, 2021
This book is AMAZING!! And maybe slightly terrifying if you’re easily scared (by the reality of nature) which me and my son are not! He loved this book. He actually sat with me while I read it to him and he doesn’t do that as easily as he used to. (He’s a busy busy 5 yo.)
As an animal lover, I even learned things from this book and I know more than the average person about snakes.
Really fun to read out loud. The illustrations are great! Never a dull moment. Full of great vocabulary and child friendly explanations.
I’m so glad I got to read this from NetGalley!
I’m going to see if this author has written more books like this as soon as I push this “Done” button!!!
As an animal lover, I even learned things from this book and I know more than the average person about snakes.
Really fun to read out loud. The illustrations are great! Never a dull moment. Full of great vocabulary and child friendly explanations.
I’m so glad I got to read this from NetGalley!
I’m going to see if this author has written more books like this as soon as I push this “Done” button!!!
September 28, 2021
4.25 This book was informative and HILARIOUS! I think the cockroach telling the story was fun! (A cockroach is a real thing but can't talk but at least it exists...I had problems with another NON fiction book that had googly eyed aliens talking... um no).
This brought up some don't do's and they are such obvious don'ts that are so funny no kid in their right might would !
I feel sorry for MR Jingles having to be a prop, I hope he is okay...
This was great! I think I want to read the who Polite Predators series! LOL
This brought up some don't do's and they are such obvious don'ts that are so funny no kid in their right might would !
I feel sorry for MR Jingles having to be a prop, I hope he is okay...
This was great! I think I want to read the who Polite Predators series! LOL
March 3, 2021
This book was so funny and informative! My children and I laughed out loud as we learned so many facts about pythons. We were completed engaged with the way Durst illustrated Celeste the Cockroach. The font graphics made it so easy to stay engaged and fluctuate voices between characters. I am so excited to see that this is a planned series featuring other animals.
May 17, 2021
This was such a cute graphic novel full of facts about pythons and the illustrations are so great. It was a very funny and clever story. Frank the python is super cute and Celeste the the cockroach is full of quirky knowledge. These step by step instructions on how not to get eaten by a python are sure to keep you alive!
June 17, 2021
Funny informational fiction series, where a fictional character (a classy cockroach named Celeste), tries to get a young boy prepared for a promenade with a python. There's a lot of wacky and silly ideas on how to avoid being eaten, and a lot of facts about pythons thrown in.
July 28, 2020
A fun story filled with facts about pythons! Great for any kid interested in snakes with a ton of great illustrations to match!
February 8, 2021
Younglings reading this book full of information about pythons not might realize that they are learning. Fun.
May 6, 2021
True facts about a python write in a cute fictional story!
February 11, 2023
Narrative nonfiction in the vein of Magic School Bus where you very much have a fictional story and humor woven throughout the facts. I thought this was cute but didn't learn a whole ton about pythons. It seems like a big miss not to have any back matter with resources, further facts etc. Kirkus had concerns that the main human character is Black and subjected to all kinds of snake-related terrors but never gets to speak or have any agency. Because the human character is just sort of a stand in for the reader, rather than a fully fleshed out character, this hadn't even occurred to me originally, but now is giving me pause. Maybe I'll try the hyena title in my library and see if it's worth buying more in the series.
June 24, 2022
This title is nominated for the 2023 Hackmatack Award in the English non-fiction category. 'How to Promenade with a Python' is the first book in a new series called 'Polite Predators'. Celeste the cockroach is our guide, and as a species that have been around for millions of years they must know a thing or two about survival. In this book we learn all kinds of facts about pythons, more than I ever wanted to know! Things like: the Burmese python is one of the five largest snakes in the world, but reticulated pythons grow even bigger - they can grow 26 feet long and weigh 330 pounds!
I would recommend this title to kids who like animals and/or trivia, grade four and up.
I would recommend this title to kids who like animals and/or trivia, grade four and up.
February 10, 2023
Celeste is a fan of very bad ideas, and as a cockroach and an excellent survivor, she's eager to give you advice on how to survive and encounter with a deadly reticulated python (named Frank) who has politely invited you to a moonlit promenade. Celeste comes up with various strategies and solutions... many dangerous, most absurd, but all based on the biology of pythons to survive.
Why I started this book: Purchased the book for my library based on recommendations, and then read it to verify that it was a nonfiction book.
Why I finished it: Charming, ridiculous and informational - my three favorite descriptions for books. I'm going to read the whole series.
Why I started this book: Purchased the book for my library based on recommendations, and then read it to verify that it was a nonfiction book.
Why I finished it: Charming, ridiculous and informational - my three favorite descriptions for books. I'm going to read the whole series.
June 21, 2021
Celeste the cockroach offers survival tips to the reader who has been asked to "promenade with a python." Although this seems like a bad idea in general, Celeste assures the reader that she can get them through the experience. In the process of doing so, she offers up a nice selection of information about snakes in general and reticulated pythons specifically (our partner in the promenade is a 300 lb reticulated python named Frank). Funny and smart, this imparts facts in a particularly palatable way.
January 8, 2021
Rating: 4
Re-Read Factor: No
A great book to teach your child reverse psychology young and even better for exposing them to a good range of vocabulary and snakes at large (probably learned more about snakes within these 40+ pages than in my entire life). The drawings are wonderful and the illustrations help better understand the words that can be relatively tough for the school-grade reader.
Re-Read Factor: No
A great book to teach your child reverse psychology young and even better for exposing them to a good range of vocabulary and snakes at large (probably learned more about snakes within these 40+ pages than in my entire life). The drawings are wonderful and the illustrations help better understand the words that can be relatively tough for the school-grade reader.
February 11, 2021
This is a very descriptive and humorous way teaching of the eating habits, anatomy, and dangers of the various pythons. Young students will enjoy hearing the teacher read this aloud and learn descriptive words and phrases. Middle graders will benefit by reading on their own, then discussing the adjectives, descriptive actions, and the study of pythons. I will be recommending this to my fellow colleagues.
December 31, 2021
Silliness abounds when a elegant cockroach starts explaining the steps to follow in order to achieve the goal stated in the title. Chapters are actually steps in the process. Other how-to steps are also included, like how to get skates on the python (so it’ll go faster on the walk) and how they attack their prey. Readers will definitely find true facts mixed in w all the absurdness. Hopefully they’ll be able to distinguish between the two.
July 14, 2020
I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from Rachel Poliquin and Penguin Random House Canada through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.
This was a weird and wacky story that delivered a lot of great facts about pythons from a cockroach, it was definitely an interesting read. I think kids will enjoy the illustrations, the abundance of colour, and the crazy antics throughout the book.
This was a weird and wacky story that delivered a lot of great facts about pythons from a cockroach, it was definitely an interesting read. I think kids will enjoy the illustrations, the abundance of colour, and the crazy antics throughout the book.
February 8, 2023
A fun and fact filled series! The illustrations are cute and the text is spread out nicely through the pages so it won't be overwhelming for younger readers.
You will learn a lot about pythons (and other predators in subsequent volumes) and the wisdom of possibly not taking advice from cockroach.
You will learn a lot about pythons (and other predators in subsequent volumes) and the wisdom of possibly not taking advice from cockroach.
February 8, 2023
I love the format of this book... nonfiction animal facts told in narrative by a cockroach who fully admits he loves bad ideas. Silly, great illustrations, interesting information presented in an eye-catching and appealing way. I would read others in this series. The twist at the end is great!
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