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Rachel Poliquin

Rachel Poliquin is a writer and curator engaged with the cultural and poetic history of the natural world. She has curated taxidermy exhibits for the Museum of Vancouver and the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia. Poliquin is the author of www.ravishingbeasts.com, a website dedicated to exploring the cultural history of taxidermy.

Books by Rachel Poliquin

The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers

A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Clayton Hanmer

Ages
7 to 11
Grades
2 to 7

How to High Tea with a Hyena (and Not Get Eaten)

A Polite Predators Book

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Kathryn Durst

Ages
6 to 9
Grades
1 to 4

Strangest Thing in the Sea, The

And Other Curious Creatures of the Deep

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler

Ages
7 to 10
Grades
2 to 5

How to Promenade with a Python (and Not Get Eaten)

A Polite Predators Book

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Kathryn Durst

Ages
6 to 9
Grades
1 to 4

Beavers

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Nicholas John Frith

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Eels

by (author) Rachel Poliquin & Nicholas John Frith

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Ostriches

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Nicholas John Frith

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Moles

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Nicholas John Frith

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Beastly Puzzles

A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game

by (author) Rachel Poliquin
illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler

Ages
7 to 10
Grades
2 to 5