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Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Long snouts, bright-red lips, pointy heads ... the animal kingdom is full of critters with unique features. Learn about the incredible adaptations that help these creatures - and their odd bods - survive and thrive all around the globe!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"From a bestselling illustrator, this utterly unique comic-style book for kids 4 to 8 explores super-small creatures with astounding abilities. Did you know that some of the smallest creatures on Earth have real-life superpowers? The minute oribatid mite can lift more than 1,000 times its own weight. A tiny type of salamander (called an axolotl) can regrow body parts. And the almost microscopic tardigrade? It can survive practically anywhere, even...
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
159 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
You humans have given us a bad rep! You say we're scary and spooky and dangerous and icky. Well we're here to set the record straight because we're fed up with the lies you've been spreading. So here are the facts about what we do, what we eat, how we communicate and how we actually help you humans loads. We're not bad animals at all! we're just misunderstood!
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the odors that some animals have developed to stay safe and thrive in their environments, including the striped skunk, the bombardier beetle, and the honey badger.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"If you have a question, this new book series has the answer! Based on our wildly popular gift book, Why, this question-and-answer series takes expert-approved content our readers love and reimagines it in a snackable, pithy, and engaging format. The first book in the new series features Q&As all about the animal kingdom"--
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes "monsters" of the animal world, explaining how seemingly scary characteristics and behaviors are adaptations that help animals survive.
"Facts and information about parasites and other creatures of the animals world"--
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
48 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Describes the disgusting adaptations of hagfish, dung beetles, panda bears, and other animals. Includes large photographs and relevant information about each animal presented."--
Author
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Join bestselling author Steve Mould to uncover nature's greatest scientists, engineers, and mathematicians from plants that can count to architect insects. If you thought all scientists wear white coats and work in labs, think again! Meet amazing engineers, such as the spiders who build immense webs from different kinds of silk; funky physicists, like the bats that can see with sound; and surprising chemists, such as the corpse flower that smells...
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