Fall 2025

So Rude!

Animals Behaving Badly

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Grownups say, “Be on your best behavior." But in the animal world, rudeness sometimes rules the day!

Scarlet kingsnakes lie; they pretend to be venomous coral snakes to scare off predators. And hippos make a mess; they spray waste to defend their territories. For these animals and many others, being rude can be a matter of survival. Author and science educator Jessica Fries-Gaither introduces seven human behavior rules and the animals that break them!

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, Animals
Copyright 2026
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-10-07
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF051150, JNF003000, JNF053090
Dewey 591.5
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Guided Reading Level TBD
Features Bibliography/further reading and Glossary

Author: Jessica Fries-Gaither

Jessica Fries-Gaither is an experienced science educator and an award-winning author of books for students and teachers. Her 20-plus year teaching career spans elementary school through middle school science and math, three states, and Catholic, public, and independent schools. Additionally, she spent five years in the College of Education and Human Ecology, School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University where she directed NSF-funded projects and provided professional development for elementary and middle school teachers. Jessica is a reviewer for NSTA’s elementary journal, Science and Children, and has served on several NSTA advisory boards. Jessica presents at local, regional, and national conferences and teaches preservice elementary science and social studies methods in Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education program. Jessica lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and dogs.