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Darrin Lunde Dirty Rats? (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Dirty Rats?
- Publication Name
- Dirty Rats?
- Title
- Dirty Rats?
- Illustrator
- Adam Gustavson
- Contributor
- Adam Gustavson (Illustrated by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1580895662
- EAN
- 9781580895668
- ISBN
- 9781580895668
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Release Date
- 10/02/2015
- Release Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Item Length
- 10.2in
- Item Width
- 8.2in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Topic
- Science & Nature / Zoology, Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Squirrels, Etc., Science & Nature / Biology
- Number of Pages
- 32 Pages
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Nobody likes a rat. And we're not talking about a snitch here. We're talking about those disgusting bald-tailed rodents that scurry around alleys and in the subway. But, hold on . . . are rats really so bad? There are hundreds of rat species all around the world that defy common stereotypes. Rats help predators survive, allow plants to spread their seeds, and even contribute to medical research that helps humans stay healthy. Simple, clear text introduces many of the rats that crawl on the earth today, where they live, what they eat, and how they survive. Next time you see a rat, take a second look.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1580895662
ISBN-13
9781580895668
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201609579
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dirty Rats?
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Science & Nature / Zoology, Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Squirrels, Etc., Science & Nature / Biology
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
32 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.2in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
8.2in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql737.R666l86 2015
Grade from
Preschool
Grade to
Second Grade
Reviews
A Smithsonian mammal specialist makes a bid to clean up the rat's rotten rep. Answering the titular question with "Maybe. Maybe not," Lunde shifts readers' focus away from rats in urban environments to wild species--from the bamboo-eating long-tailed marmoset rat of Southeast Asia to the Philippines' bushy-tailed cloud rat. He also notes the important roles rats play in spreading seeds, feeding snakes and other predators, and (without getting too, or actually at all, specific) medical research. Gustavson joins the rescue operation with close-ups of rats rendered in naturalistic detail but looking more inquisitive than feral, sporting large pink ears and whiskery snouts. Some of the city settings are picturesquely grimy, but there are no dead creatures or images more disturbing than, in one scene, a white lab rat and a researcher in surgical garb locking eyes. On the contrary, another illustration even features a rat leaning in from the edge of the page to peer up at viewers, and a closing portrait gallery of selected rat species is equally fetching. Not particularly convincing as a reclamation project but generally informative and easy on the eyes. - Kirkus Reviews Lunde starts out this closer-- shudder --look at rats just how you might expect: in grimy subway tunnels and moonlit gutters, where rats "swarm and scurry in the night." Rats are "hated, hunted, trapped, and feared," and we see a harried woman bashing rats from her fire escape and rats approaching a skull-labeled mousetrap. But then Lunde, rat-apologist extraordinaire, suggests a broader view. Not all rats eat garbage; some, like the long-tailed marmoset rat, eat strictly bamboo. It continues from there: not all rats live in sewer pipes; some live in rivers. Not all rats scurry; some hop like a kangaroo. In smaller type, additional scientific information fills out further details about each atypical rat mentioned. Of course, none of this is quite enough to make rats cuddly, though there is a somewhat comical hard-luck-life expression in many of Gustavson's otherwise realistic oil depictions. The colors are especially evocative: the streaky browns of a tunnel, the steel blue of a street at night, the dark puple of mountain twilight. Rats: useful! Still kinda gross, though. -Booklist Few animals are as maligned as rats, something mammal specialist Lunde knows well. "Dirty rats. Their beady eyes and naked tails make us scream. Eek! Aargh! Yikes!" he writes as a frightened woman in hair curlers tries to sweep rats off her apartment's fire escape. Lunde sets out to challenge misconceptions about these ubiquitous rodents, while introducing different rats from around the world, pointing out how they vary significantly from those seen in urban subway stations ("Not all rats have ugly, naked tails. The bushy-tailed cloud rat's tail is completely covered in fur"). Readers learn how rats scatter seeds that enable plants to grow and how laboratory rats help find cures for disease. Gustavson's typically lush oil paintings do their part to help sway opinions-his sewer rats come across as intelligent, curious, and even adorable. -Publishers Weekly, A Smithsonian mammal specialist makes a bid to clean up the rat's rotten rep. Answering the titular question with "Maybe. Maybe not," Lunde shifts readers' focus away from rats in urban environments to wild species--from the bamboo-eating long-tailed marmoset rat of Southeast Asia to the Philippines' bushy-tailed cloud rat. He also notes the important roles rats play in spreading seeds, feeding snakes and other predators, and (without getting too, or actually at all, specific) medical research. Gustavson joins the rescue operation with close-ups of rats rendered in naturalistic detail but looking more inquisitive than feral, sporting large pink ears and whiskery snouts. Some of the city settings are picturesquely grimy, but there are no dead creatures or images more disturbing than, in one scene, a white lab rat and a researcher in surgical garb locking eyes. On the contrary, another illustration even features a rat leaning in from the edge of the page to peer up at viewers, and a closing portrait gallery of selected rat species is equally fetching. Not particularly convincing as a reclamation project but generally informative and easy on the eyes. - Kirkus Reviews
Illustrated by
Gustavson, Adam
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2013-049022
Dewey Decimal
599.35
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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