Don't Call Me Pig! uses a delightful rhyme and clever colorful illustrations chock full of detail to tell the javelina's story. What exactly is a javelina? The hairy little animal is shaped much like a pig. It has a snout like a pig. It makes grunting noises like a pig. But is it really a pig? No way. Is it some type of large, hairy rodent? Nope. Not at all. Not even close! Javelina is just one name for a creature that lives in large families and roams in herds across the Southwestern deserts. Collared Peccary is another. One thing is certain, after reading this amusing story, readers of all ages will know why they should never, ever call them pigs!
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Conrad J. Storad grew up in Barberton, Ohio, amidst the belching smokestacks of tire factories, steel mills, and auto assembly plants. He didn't see his first javelina, saguaro cactus, scorpion or rattlesnake up close and personal until 1982, when he began graduate school at Arizona State University. Currently, Storad is the editor of the national award-winning ASU Research Magazine, and is the founding editor of Chain Reaction, a science magazine for young readers. He is also the author of many science and nature books for young adults, including the titles: Don't Ever Cross That Road!, Lizards for Lunch, Little Lords of the Desert, Tarantulas, Scorpions, Sonoran Desert A to Z, and Saguaro Cactus. Storad lives in Tempe, Arizona with his wife Laurie and their miniature double dapple dachshund, Sophie. They enjoy hiking and exploring the wilds of the Sonoran Desert.
Beth Neely and Don Rantz met in Flagstaff, Arizona at Northern Arizona University while studying Fine Art. They soon discovered a mutual love for the outdoors, gardening, cooking, reading, art and each other. They married in 1993 and began their artistic collaboration. They now live and work in a small historic bungalow in Prescott, Arizona. They share their house with their two cats and a backyard menagerie of raccoons, skunks, and coyotes. Members of a small herd of javelinas are frequent visitors. One thing is certain, Beth and Don will never call them pigs! This is their first children's book.
Beth Neely and Don Rantz met in Flagstaff, Arizona at Northern Arizona University while studying Fine Art. They soon discovered a mutual love for the outdoors, gardening, cooking, reading, art and each other. They married in 1993 and began their artistic collaboration. They now live and work in a small historic bungalow in Prescott, Arizona. They share their house with their two cats and a backyard menagerie of raccoons, skunks, and coyotes. Members of a small herd of javelinas are frequent visitors. One thing is certain, Beth and Don will never call them pigs! This is their first children's book.
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Conrad J. Storad Storad is the author of more than 40 science and nature books for children and young adults. Rattlesnake Rules is his brand new picture book. He hopes the book will help to demystify an amazing but often maligned creature. Get a sneak preview at www.RattlesnakeRules.com In November 2010, the Arizona Author's Association gave the book an award for Best Children's Literature. In May 2010, the book won a Glyph Award for Best Children's Illustration from the Arizona Book Publisher's Association. It was also an Honor Book in the Children's Fiction category. In 2009, Storad's book Gila Monsters won the Glyph Award as Arizona's Best Children's Non-Fiction Book. In 2008, his Meerkats won the coveted ABPA Best Book Award. In 2005, as part of her program to promote reading, then Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano selected Storad's Don't Call Me Pig! (A Javelina Story). More than 93,000 Arizona first graders received a special edition copy. In 2001, the Arizona Library Association honored Storad with the Judy Goddard Award as "Arizona Children's Author of the Year."
Storad's other picture books include Desert Night Shift (A Pack Rat Story), Life in the Slow Lane (A Desert Tortoise Tale), Lizards for Lunch (A Roadrunner's Tale), and Don't Ever Cross That Road! (An Armadillo Story). The books have won many awards. Other Storad books are part of special series published by Lerner Publications. All are written for readers in grades 2 to 4. Titles include: Saguaro Cactus, Scorpions, Tarantulas, Hippos, Earth's Crust, and The Circulatory System. New titles include Mars, Fossil Fuels, Gila Monsters, Javelinas, Galapagos Tortoises, and Piranhas. In 2009, to celebrate its 12th year in print, Donna Atwood Design published a newly revised edition of Sonoran Desert A to Z, Storad's popular coloring/learning book. Other books in the series include Little Lords of the Desert (Arachnids and Insects), Flying Colors (Beautiful Birds of the Southwest), and Ancient Harvest (Plants used by Native People of the Southwest).
In February 2010, Storad retired as director of the Office of Research Publications at Arizona State University. For more than 24 years he wrote and edited stories about science, scholarship, and creative activity taking place at the nation's largest public university. He was the founding editor of the nationally award winning ASU Research Magazine. He also was founding editor of Chain Reaction, an award-winning magazine for young readers that highlights stories about science, learning, and creative activity taking place at ASU. Check it out at http://chainreactionkids.org Storad will now devote his full time and energy to writing interesting non-fiction books for young readers. He also does author presentations for schools and conducts nonfiction writing workshops for students and teachers across the country. Learn more about his school presentations at www.conradstorad.com
Prior to working at ASU, Storad worked as a reporter, editor, and general manager for The Barberton Herald newspaper in northeast Ohio. He was a science/medical writer for the U.S. National Cancer Institute, a freelance magazine writer, and a science/feature writer at Kent State University. He earned a degree in mass media communication from the University of Akron in 1979, and a master's degree in mass communication/science journalism from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication in 1983. He was a Year 2000 inductee to the Cronkite School's Journalism Hall of Fame. Storad is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, Arizona Book Publisher's Association, and the University Research Magazine Association.
Storad's other picture books include Desert Night Shift (A Pack Rat Story), Life in the Slow Lane (A Desert Tortoise Tale), Lizards for Lunch (A Roadrunner's Tale), and Don't Ever Cross That Road! (An Armadillo Story). The books have won many awards. Other Storad books are part of special series published by Lerner Publications. All are written for readers in grades 2 to 4. Titles include: Saguaro Cactus, Scorpions, Tarantulas, Hippos, Earth's Crust, and The Circulatory System. New titles include Mars, Fossil Fuels, Gila Monsters, Javelinas, Galapagos Tortoises, and Piranhas. In 2009, to celebrate its 12th year in print, Donna Atwood Design published a newly revised edition of Sonoran Desert A to Z, Storad's popular coloring/learning book. Other books in the series include Little Lords of the Desert (Arachnids and Insects), Flying Colors (Beautiful Birds of the Southwest), and Ancient Harvest (Plants used by Native People of the Southwest).
In February 2010, Storad retired as director of the Office of Research Publications at Arizona State University. For more than 24 years he wrote and edited stories about science, scholarship, and creative activity taking place at the nation's largest public university. He was the founding editor of the nationally award winning ASU Research Magazine. He also was founding editor of Chain Reaction, an award-winning magazine for young readers that highlights stories about science, learning, and creative activity taking place at ASU. Check it out at http://chainreactionkids.org Storad will now devote his full time and energy to writing interesting non-fiction books for young readers. He also does author presentations for schools and conducts nonfiction writing workshops for students and teachers across the country. Learn more about his school presentations at www.conradstorad.com
Prior to working at ASU, Storad worked as a reporter, editor, and general manager for The Barberton Herald newspaper in northeast Ohio. He was a science/medical writer for the U.S. National Cancer Institute, a freelance magazine writer, and a science/feature writer at Kent State University. He earned a degree in mass media communication from the University of Akron in 1979, and a master's degree in mass communication/science journalism from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication in 1983. He was a Year 2000 inductee to the Cronkite School's Journalism Hall of Fame. Storad is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, Arizona Book Publisher's Association, and the University Research Magazine Association.
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Don't Call Me Pig: A Javelina Story,
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My children recite the catch phrase from this humorous, yet educational look at Javelinas for hours after we read the book. I truly admire Storad's ability to make kids laugh and teach them at the same time.
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This book teaches children and adults alike about javelinas (and yes, most people think that they are a variety of wild pig - nope, they are "peccaries.") As a resident of Arizona, we actually encounter javelinas from time to time and these encounters are all the more interesting now that we have learned so much from this wonderful book! My children (4 and 6) adore this book and love shouting out the oft repeated refrain: "Don't call me pig!"In addition to the fun, rhyming text, the book features marvelous and funny illustrations of the javelinas. Both the text and the illustrations describe their physical characteristics and their life in a manner that is appealing even to young children. For adults who want the facts, there are two pages at the end of the book that discuss javelinas in a more narrative manner. This book should appeal to any child who is curious about wildlife, or the southwestern United States. It would be a great book for teachers too. My kids learned alot, and so did I!
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Don't Call Me Pig,
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What a joy to read this book to my kids! It was not only fun to read this rhyming story, it was educational, too. The illustrations are fabulous. My two young boys asked lots of questions while we read, which just means they were really interested in this animal called a javelina--not a pig! After reading this book, we also obtained "Lizards for Lunch" by the same author and enjoyed it just as much. Now, as we travel across the desert periodically, my kids will be on the lookout for some of the animals they've seen in these books.
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