Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Annelie Geissler
Categories
Children’s, Teenage & Educational

HELLO, I'M A PANGOLIN

Hayley Rocco John Rocco

A clever, funny, and informational nonfiction picture book series narrated from the points of view of endangered animals, illustrated by a Caldecott Honoree. Say hello to these incredible animals and learn all about why they need protecting.

Did you know pangolins are the only mammals with scales? Not even the teeth of a lion can break through their tough armor. And did you know pangolins have a super-sticky tongue as long as their entire body? (The better to eat 20,000 bugs a day with!) Hayley Rocco is the author of Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough and How to Send a Hug, both illustrated by her husband, John Rocco. Before dedicating herself to writing for children full-time, Hayley worked as a publicist at several major publishers. Now armed with a pen, a journal, and her camera, she travels the world discovering stories of wild things and wild places. Visit Hayley online at hayleyrocco.com and follow her on Instagram @hayleyroccobooks. John Rocco is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Blackout, the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, and How We Got to the Moon, which received a Sibert Honor and was longlisted for the National Book Award. John happily follows Hayley into the wild in search of stories they can bring back and share with readers everywhere. Visit John online at roccoart.com and follow him on Instagram @roccoart.

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Book Published 2024-06-25 by Putnam

Comments

An engagingly informal appeal.

First-person narratives from lovable endangered species encourage children to learn more. In each book, an animal introduces itself in a conversational way and shares facts about its species. To keep readers engaged, each animal poses questions to children, such as the sloth asking "How often do you poop?" or "Can you swim?" Each narrative also explains the dangers the animals face and what people are doing to help them. The mostly full-page illustrations are lovely.Warm presentations of vulnerable species will appeal to young animal lovers in these read alouds.

The author/illustrator couple Hayley and John Rocco, ambassadors for a nonprofit focused on conservation and rewilding South Africa, each work on the Meet the Wild Things series, which features an animal that is in need of conservation efforts. Lovely pencil, watercolor, and digital illustrations follow a specific species throughout its day-to-day activities. The narration addresses the reader in second person regarding how the creatures eat, sleep, interact, and ultimately, survive.Each title reads like a picture book, making a solid serial option for an informative, nature-inspired read aloud series in the classroom, library youth department, and beyond.