With fun facts and amazing photos, describes how animals use their poop to trick predators and prey, send messages, feed themselves and their offspring, build homes, mark their territories, and more.

 

This book was recognised in the Junior category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Alabama Camellia Award.

This book is part of a book series called Get the Scoop .

There are 80 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2013 by Charlesbridge Publishing, U. S. .

Dawn Cusick has authored a dozen nonfiction children's books that have won national and international awards from the Animal Behavior Society, the National Science Teachers Association, the Children's Book Council's Children's Choice competition, and more. Her books have been profiled on NPR and Yahoo News. She teaches biology at Haywood Community College in western North Carolina.