{"product_id":"queer-ducks-and-other-animals-the-natural-world-of-animal-sexuality-9780063069497","title":"Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNPR's \"All Things Considered,\" calls \u003cem\u003eQueer Ducks\u003c\/em\u003e \"teenager-friendly. It's a Printz Honor young adult book filled with comics and humor and accessible science, and it's filled with research on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration of the gamut of queer behaviors observed in animals.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal world--from albatrosses to bonobos to clownfish to doodlebugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn sharp and witty prose--aided by humorous comics from artist Jules Zuckerberg--Schrefer uses science, history, anthropology, and sociology to illustrate the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world. Interviews with researchers in the field offer additional insights for readers and aspiring scientists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueer behavior in animals is as diverse and complex--and as natural--as it is in our own species. It doesn't set us apart from animals--it bonds us even closer to our animal selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchrefer, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEliot Schrefer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature, and has won the Green Earth Book Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature. His novels include the Lost Rainforest series, \u003cem\u003eEndangered, Threatened, Rescued, Orphaned, \u003c\/em\u003eand two books in the Spirit Animals series. He lives in New York City, is on the faculty of the Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA in creative writing programs, and reviews books for \u003cem\u003eUSA Today. \u003c\/em\u003eVisit him online at www.eliotschrefer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Tegen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612303233298,"sku":"9780063069497","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26956f60-7901-452c-bc8b-4d0dd4e99139.jpg?v=1732372730","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/queer-ducks-and-other-animals-the-natural-world-of-animal-sexuality-9780063069497","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}