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My First Day

by Steve Jenkins

Illustrator: Steve Jenkins

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2013

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/HMH

ISBN: 978-0-547-73851-2

Keywords: Animals, Adaptations

From the Emperor Penguin to Darwin's Frog, each of the twenty-one species described here adapt differently on their birth day. Vivid cut paper illustrations.