About the Author

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ALINE ALEXANDER NEWMAN has been writing for National Geographic Kids Books and National Geographic Kids Magazine since 1998. She has a MS in Education from Syracuse University.

Praise For…

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"While each brief account is fact-based, each story reads as fiction, with true fondness for each mischievous creature at its heart. Of course, this wouldn’t be a National Geographic book without full-color action photographs of the “perpetrators,” and this one is filled with them...

The entire book is done in bright, eye-catching colors, while the chapters are short enough that they’ll be less intimidating for emerging readers. Pronunciation guides for difficult vocabulary add extra assistance."  -- Booklist


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