The Secret Jobs of Backyard Creatures by Claire Monroe
The Secret Jobs of Backyard Creatures is an illustrated animal encyclopedia for kids aged 6–10.
50 garden creatures, 50 ridiculous job titles, and one backyard your child will never call boring again.
Meet the Chief Soil Restructuring Officer under the lawn, the air-traffic crews in the flowerbed, and the night shift your kid never knew existed. Three hidden objects and a riddle on every spread, real nature underneath every joke - funny enough to read aloud, rich enough to revisit.
Our Mission
Why We Made This
We started Primework on a simple belief: a child's curiosity is the most valuable thing they own — and it shouldn't need a charger. The most switched-on kids we know aren't the ones with the most apps. They're the ones who've learned that the real world, looked at closely, is stranger and funnier than anything on a screen.
Nothing proves that like a backyard. Under the lawn, inside the compost heap, in that dark patch beneath the porch, an entire workforce is on shift right now. That's why we put The Secret Jobs of Backyard Creatures at the heart of what we offer: 50 creatures with ridiculous job titles, riddles and hidden objects on every page, and honest, accurate nature underneath every joke. No textbook language. No lectures. Just the kind of book kids quote back at the dinner table.
Because no child should think the world outside is boring. We're here to hand them the field guide — and watch them run outside to check for themselves, one creature at a time.
What Makes Us Different
Funny First
Foreman beetles. A Chief Soil Restructuring Officer. Kids laugh first — and what makes them laugh is what they remember.
Real Science Underneath
Pollination, decomposition, soil engineering — all accurate, with every creature's true scientific name on its specimen card.
A Seek-and-Find Inside
Three hidden objects and a riddle on every spread give restless readers a job to do while they read.
Built to Be Dipped Into
Every creature is a self-contained two-page spread. Start anywhere, stop anywhere — no losing your place, no pressure to finish.
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