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Baby on Board: How Animals Carry Their Young

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How do animals carry their babies? Not in backpacks or strollers, but tucked in pouches . . . Gripped in teeth . . . Propped on backs . . . Even underneath! Marianne Berkes' rhyming verses present some of the many ways that animals carry their young. Cathy Morrison's magical illustrations capture the intimate moments of mother and baby.

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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of this
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picture bookschildrens
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short · 32 pages

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