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Why do dogs sniff bottoms?

Curious questions about your favourite pet
Series: Favourite Pets
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Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? is a delightful and educational children's book that explores the curious behaviour of dogs in an engaging and humorous way. Through simple language and colourful illustrations, the book explains to young readers why dogs greet each other by sniffing, turning a quirky canine habit into a fascinating and informative story. This book combines fun and learning, making it perfect for curious young minds.
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Why do dogs sniff bottoms?

A humorous book that poses and answers twenty questions about man’s best friend and what makes them so unique.

A humorous book that poses and answers twenty questions about man's best friend and what makes them so unique.

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Why do dogs play dead? How do you speak dog? Why do dogs go about in handbags? This book will help children to understand what's so unique about a dog's body and its behaviour and why they deserve to be well cared for. The book also profiles famous dogs from history and popular culture, including the dog-headed Egyptian god Anubis and internet sensation Boo, the cutest dog in the world (according to Google). By incorporating zoological information about the canine species with stories from history, art, religion and popular culture, Why do dogs sniff bottoms? celebrates why dogs have been such dear pets to us for centuries.

Series: Favourite Pets

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500652022

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: Illustrated in colour throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Lily Snowden-Fine
  • Consultant editor Nick Crumpton

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 48

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: Favourite Pets

About the Author

Lily Snowden-Fine is an illustrator and painter based in Toronto. Her clients include The New York Times and The Globe and Mail among others. She was the voice of the original Peppa Pig when it first aired in 2004. Her parents are Academy Award-winning animators Alison Snowden and David Fine. Dr Nick Crumpton is a zoologist at University College London, and has worked at the Natural History Museum and for the BBC as a journalist and researcher. He is the author of The Amazing Animal Atlas.

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