Playful Prairie Dog introduces children to the life of a prairies dog town, where the squirrel-like animals carve out vast systems of borrows and tunnels in order to raise their families and protect themselves from predators such as coyotes, badgers, and hawks. The book describes what prairie dogs eat, how they look after each other, and their unique bark to warn other prairie dogs of danger nearby. Prairie dogs also often share their burrows with rattlesnakes, spiders, mice, rabbits, and burrowing owls. The book concludes with a page of prairie dog fun facts.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-4th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-9 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Muddy Boots Press .

Neecy Twinem is an artist, toy designer, author and illustrator of over 30 children's books published in several languages, with her illustrations also found on book covers, educational books, classroom readers, magazines, puzzles, posters, greeting cards, t-shirts, public murals and galleries. She recently developed the brand, ZOMBIEZOO, and released a plush toy line which has attracted national attention.