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Ryan T. Higgins was born in 1983. As a child, he lived on a diet of cartoons, cheese sandwiches, and climbing trees. Until he was four years old, Ryan wanted to grow up to be a tiger. When that didn't work out, he decided to become a cartoonist. He's been making his own cartoons ever since and hasn't grown up yet.

Ryan is the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times best-selling We Don't Eat Our Classmates; the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor; Hotel Bruce; BE QUIET!; Bruce's Big Move; and others. He lives in Maine with his three children, three dogs, three cats, one gecko, one tortoise, and one wife.

What is the book we don't eat our classmates about?

It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make human friends when they're so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . . .

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What is the main idea of we don't eat our classmates?

This funny story about a T-Rex in a class full of human kids shows how tough it can be to fit in, behave well, and make friends at the start of school. We Don't Eat Our Classmates is cute and silly and engaging as it teaches important lessons about empathy, getting along, and following the rules.

What finally helps Penelope learn the lesson that we don't eat our classmates?

Penelope sees that all of her classmates are making friends and she starts to feel lonely. She decides to try and become friends with the class goldfish, but it bites her! This helps Penelope learn what it feels like to be someone's snack and she loses her appetite for children.