The Fantastic Red-bills Got My Back

Billiam, an ordinary grumpy Cape buffalo, becomes utterly ecstatic when he learns that the Red-billed Oxpeckers are no longer facing extinction, and they become his best friends. These truly unique birds stick with him through the thick and thin of life in the heart of Africa. Billiam explains how they protect him from predators like big cats and crocodiles by hissing, and he discovers that these birds are the only creatures that purposely seek and devour his completely despicable ticks. After priceless decades in captivity, it's a super good thing that these birds are still on our planet because giraffes were going down without them, and our 3 year old grandson Coleson loves giraffes the best.A vocabulary builder, loaded with phonics and a few things only a happy buffalo would say, plus the chance to spy the ever creepy ticks throughout the book. Instilling a better awareness of disease-carrying parasites and includes ideas for protecting yourself from ticks in the back of the book.