By: Claudia Guadalupe Martnez / Illustrated by: Laura Gonzlez

What’s that barking, yipping sound? It’s not a dog.

Edicin en espaol! El perrito de la pradera mexicano no es un perro en lo absoluto!

Un perrito de la pradera mexicano puede parecer un perro, pero ciertamente no lo es. Este mamfero adorable en realidad forma parte de la familia de los roedores.

No es un perro explora el ciclo de vida del perrito de la pradera mexicano, la contribucin de la especie a un ecosistema sano y las maneras en las cuales la agricultura ha destruido su hbitat y lo ha convertido en una especie en peligro de extincin. Perfecto para nios preescolares o que an no leen, esta encantadora e informativa lectura en voz alta presenta a nios curiosos un animal nico que NO es un perro!

A Mexican prairie dog may look like a dog, but it is certainly not a dog. This adorable mammal is actually part of the rodent family!

Published in Spanish and English with a clever shapes concept, No es un perroexplores the life cycle of the Mexican prairie dog, the species’ contribution to a healthy ecosystem, and the ways in which farming has destroyed their habitat and made them an endangered species.

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Author & Illustrator

Claudia Guadalupe Martnez, author

Claudia Guadalupe Martnez learned that letters form words from reading subtitles of old westerns with her father. Her debut novel, The Smell of Old Lady Perfume, received the 2009 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, the 2008 Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book Award, and a 2009 Americas Award Commendation. Pig Park won the 2015 Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book and the 2015 NACCS Tejas Foco Young Adult Fiction Award.

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Laura Gonzlez, illustrator

Laura Gonzlez has a degree in graphic design from Universidad Autnoma de Nuevo Len in Mexico, where she also studied illustration. She is a member of the Mexican Association of Illustrators (AMDI) and has illustrated several books for children.

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Details

Spanish Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-492-8

Spanish Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-62354-603-8

English Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-304-4

Ages: 37
Page count: 32
11 x 81/2

Publication date: June 17, 2025

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