YOU ARE A RACCOON!

Crawl, cling climb! You may have seen a raccoon scurry up a tree or across the road just before dark. Did you know that raccoons stay up at night playing, hunting, and eating when you go to sleep? From birth to first stripes and beyond, discover all that goes into being a raccoon in this charming picture book, the second in the Meet Your World series.

An adorable, STEM nonfiction picture book series that encourages very young readers to learnthrough gentle interactivity and playabout the animals who share their world

Meet Your World is a fresh take on science and nature nonfiction that's adorable, fun, and rigorously researched to bring an active element to reading and learning. Each animal featured in the series can broadly be found in rural, suburban, and urban landscapes. Yet each of these familiar, "ordinary" animals have unique and surprising abilities that allow them to thrive in their habitatsand ours! Action buzzwords and seamless side-panel spot art encourage readers to act out animal movementsnot so different from kids' own habitsas a way to learn more about each creature's life. From animals' environments and family structures to food sources and behaviorsmeet your world!

Laurie Ann Thompson grew up in rural northern Wisconsin, where there are more cows than people. A former software engineer, she now writes for children and young adults to help her readersand herselfmake better sense of the world. She is co-author of the Two Truths and a Lie series and author of several award-winning nonfiction books, including the teen how-to guide, Be a Changemaker, and Emmanuel's Dream, a picture book biography about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, which won the Schneider Family Book Award and was named an ALA Notable Children's Book.

Jay Fleck is the illustrator of numerous children's books, including the indie bestselling Tiny T. Rex series. He lives in Shorewood, Illinois, with his family.