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How do you eat?

Do you nibble or munch or gulp? Miri crunches her toast, but she wants to know how other creatures eat.

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 14 illustrated pages

How do you eat? — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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Do you nibble or munch or gulp? Miri crunches her toast, but she wants to know how other creatures eat.

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How do you eat? — original illustrated page 1, English text included
How do you eat?
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Miri likes to crunch her toast.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 3, English text included
How do you eat, flamingo? I eat upside down! I trap shrimp in my beak.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 4, English text included
How do you eat, dung beetle? I roll dung into a ball. I chew the wet bits and my babies munch the grass.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 5, English text included
How do you eat, pangolin? I lick up ants with my long, sticky tongue.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 6, English text included
How do you eat, earthworm? I don't have teeth. I swallow soil!
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 7, English text included
How do you eat, tickbird? I ride on animals and snack on their ticks and earwax.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 8, English text included
How do you eat, whale? I sing to find my supper. The sound bounces off the fish!
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 9, English text included
How do you eat, tortoise? I munch prickly pears with my hard mouth.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 10, English text included
How do you eat, secretary bird? I stomp on snakes. I slurp them up!
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 11, English text included
How do you eat, giraffe? I stretch my neck and grab the highest leaves.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 12, English text included
How do you eat, ostrich? I swallow little stones to break up my food.
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 13, English text included
Miri, what is the best way to eat? Oh, she's too busy to chat! Nibble! Chew! Munch! Gobble! Slurp! Nibble! Chew! Nibble! Chew! Slurp! BURP! Excuse me!
How do you eat? — original illustrated page 14, English text included

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Written by
Diane Awerbuck
Illustrated by
Alex Latimer
Created by
Katie Huston (Editor); Georgia Demertzis (Designer); Diane Awerbuck (Writer); Alex Latimer (Illustrator)

Source: Book Dash
Original: How do you eat? from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original illustrated spreads and embedded English story text preserved; website layout and printable PDF assembled by Little Leaf. Age, level, theme and recommendation are editorial suggestions. Web and printable layout adapted by Little Leaf. Age and reading-level suggestions are editorial. Original stories and artwork belong to their credited creators. Website narration uses the selected synthetic Voice 7.