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Pika : life in the rocks / Tannis Bill ; photographs by Jim Jacobson.

by Bill, Tannis.

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Boyds Mill Press, c2010.

American pika -- Juvenile literature.

Pikas -- Juvenile literature.

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31).

The pika survives where life is rocky. A male pika scurries across a stone pile high in the mountains. He nips leafy twigs off bushes and piles them in the shelter of a rocky den. This hamster-size cousin of the rabbit builds a hay pile as big as a bathtub. In the winter, he feeds on his hay pile, tunnels through the snow for lichens, and pops out for low-growing plants. The story of how the pika avoids predators, survives the cold, and sings for a mate will enthrall young readers.

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