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Battle of the Brains

The Science Behind Animal Minds

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By Jocelyn Rish

Illustrated by David Creighton-Pester

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On Sale
Nov 8, 2022
Page Count
48 pages
Publisher
Running Press Kids
ISBN-13
9780762479948

Price

$18.99

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$23.99 CAD

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  1. ebook

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  1. Hardcover $18.99 $23.99 CAD
  2. ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD

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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
CYBILS Finalist!

This hilarious companion to Battle of the Butts examines the way animals use their brainpower for survival in the wild and encourages readers to rank animals based on their intellectual prowess.


Birdbrained. Pigheaded. Batty. Bullheaded. When humans want to insult the intelligence of another person, they often compare them to an animal. But animals are smart. Really, really smart. There are animals that use tools. Others that can solve complex problems. Some have excellent memories. A few can even talk to us!  With animals having such mighty minds, the question is: who has the best brainpower of them all? That’s for you to decide! Full of fascinating facts throughout in a fun “battle of the minds” format, The Battle of the Brains includes a glossary and links to sources and activities at the end, making it the perfect read for any curious mind. 

Genre:

  • Children's Books
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Animals
  • Mammals

Jocelyn Rish is a writer and filmmaker who never imagined her cheeky sense of humor would lead to a book about animal butts, let alone to a sequel about animal brains. When she’s not researching fun facts, she tutors kids to help them discover the magic of reading. Jocelyn has won numerous awards for her short stories, screenplays, short films, and novels and lives in South Carolina with her dogs.

David Creighton-Pester is an illustrator and designer from Hamilton, New Zealand. Inspired as a child by picture books, animation, and all things arty, he spent endless hours drawing crazy characters and coming up with silly stories. And still does now! David is also the owner of Scorch Design, a graphic design company he started in 2009. You can see more of his illustration work at www.davidcp.com.

  • "A no-brainer stocked with full measures of breezy scientific gosh-wow."
    Kirkus Reviews

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Jocelyn Rish

About the Author

Jocelyn Rish is a writer and filmmaker who never imagined her cheeky sense of humor would lead to a book about animal butts. When she’s not researching fanny facts, she tutors kids to help them discover the magic of reading. Jocelyn has won numerous awards for her short stories, screenplays, short films, and novels and lives in South Carolina with her booty-ful dogs.

David Creighton-Pester
is an illustrator and designer from Hamilton, New Zealand. Inspired as a child by picture books, animation, and all things arty, he spent endless hours drawing crazy characters and coming up with silly stories. And still does now! David is also the owner of Scorch Design, a graphic design company he started in 2009. You can see more of his illustration work at http://www.davidcp.com.

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