Porcupine orKeta͞͞��emiw

By Amy Jensen College of Menominee Na͞͞tion

Sa͞͞cred Little Ones Initia͞͞tive

Porcupines a͞͞re a͞͞nima͞͞ls.

Porcupines ha͞͞ve sha͞͞rp quills.

Quills help keep porcupines sa͞͞fe.

Porcupines ha͞͞ve cla͞͞ws.

Porcupines live in our forest.

Porcupines climb trees.

Porcupines ea͞͞t twigs, pla͞͞nts, fruit, a͞͞nd ba͞͞rk.

They do not ea͞͞t mea͞͞t.

Porcupine’s front teeth a͞͞re a͞͞lwa͞͞ys

growing.

Porcupines ha͞͞ve tiny eyes.

Porcupines a͞͞re very a͞͞wesome a͞͞nima͞͞ls!

Background Information:• The clipa͞͞rt of the porcupine a͞͞nd tea͞͞ cup found on every pa͞͞ge shows the rela͞͞tive size of a͞͞ porcupine in rela͞͞tion to the size of a͞͞ tea͞͞ cup.

• Quills help keep the porcupine sa͞͞fe from a͞͞nima͞͞ls a͞͞nd things tha͞͞t would hurt it. They protect the porcupine. Quills a͞͞lso keep them wa͞͞rm a͞͞nd help them floa͞͞t in the wa͞͞ter. Quills a͞͞re very importa͞͞nt to the porcupine.

•If a͞͞nother a͞͞nima͞͞l gets too close to the porcupine, it’s quills sta͞͞nd up a͞͞nd stick into the skin of the preda͞͞tor. It hurts the preda͞͞tor, but keeps the porcupine sa͞͞fe.

• Porcupines grow new quills to repla͞͞ce the ones they lose.

• How big does a͞͞ porcupine get? A porcupine’s body grows to be between 2 a͞͞nd 3 feet long. • They weigh between 12 a͞͞nd 35 pounds.

• The biggest da͞͞ngers for porcupines a͞͞re fa͞͞lling out of trees a͞͞nd getting hit by ca͞͞rs.

• A fema͞͞le porcupine ca͞͞n ha͞͞ve up to four ba͞͞bies a͞͞t one time!

Background Information:•A ba͞͞by porcupine is ca͞͞lled a͞͞ porcupette

•If a͞͞nother a͞͞nima͞͞l gets too close to the porcupine, it’s quills sta͞͞nd up a͞͞nd stick into the skin of the preda͞͞tor. It hurts the preda͞͞tor, but keeps the porcupine sa͞͞fe.

• Reports from the Wisconsin DNR estima͞͞ted tha͞͞t

• Porcupine is pronounced, “

Informa͞͞tion for this book wa͞͞s a͞͞cquired from:

• http://a͞͞nima͞͞ls.na͞͞tiona͞͞lgeogra͞͞phic.com/a͞͞nima͞͞ls/ma͞͞mma͞͞ls/porcupine/• http://en.wikipedia͞͞.org/wiki/Porcupine

Author Biography

Amy Jensen lives in Gresha͞͞m, Wisconsin, with her husba͞͞nd a͞͞nd four children. She loves books, especia͞͞lly children’s books, a͞͞nd bega͞͞n her own collection long before she wa͞͞s even a͞͞ mother. She is excited to begin her ca͞͞reer in tea͞͞ching a͞͞nd hopes you enjoy her porcupine picture book.