Vivid photos of a wolf fish munching a sea urchin, a hermit crab switching shells, a sea slug arming itself with stinging cells stolen from an anemone, a 35-pound lobster guarding his domain, and other exotic creatures take us from dawn to darkness. Colorful panoramic paintings show us the bigger picture, including the eyes of nighttime predators and the creatures who are missing the following morning.
A gorgeous book for future scientists.
Both lyrical and scientifically accurate, the story follows a day in the life of the denizens lurking in the cold, tide-swept...
Vivid photos of a wolf fish munching a sea urchin, a hermit crab switching shells, a sea slug arming itself with stinging cells stolen from an anem...
What followed was a rare and remarkable demonstration of animal behavior. This celebrated story, beautifully depicted in Jennifer O'Connell's mesmerizing paintings, will make you wonder about animal emotions and the unique connections we can have with animals--even whales.
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What followed was a rare and remarkable demonstration of animal behavior. This celebrated story, beautifully depicted in Jennifer O'Connell's mesme...
Wombat poos are box-shaped to stay where they're deposited and serve as messages to other animals. Baby golden tortoise beetles pile poop on their backs to create a shield as protection from predators. Silver-spotted skipper caterpillars can shoot their poops 40 times their own body length to conceal their true locations. Baby hoopoes squirt their poops into the eyes of attackers and who wants feces in their faces? Baby Ozark blind cave salamanders use gray bat guano for food. The bottom ( ) line: Ever-inventive Nature finds a thousand uses for poop. Nothing goes to waste ( ). This book is...
Wombat poos are box-shaped to stay where they're deposited and serve as messages to other animals. Baby golden tortoise beetles pile poop on their bac...
If you look carefully, you can find them and be amazed These secret pools form every year when low places on the forest floor fill up with rain and melted snow. They soon become home to hatching wood frogs, spotted salamanders, and fairy shrimp. Even in late summer and fall, when many vernal pools have shrunk to mud holes, creatures such as turtles and snakes rely on them for shelter and food. The Secret Pool introduces young readers to the wonders right underfoot as the voice of a vernal pool shares its secrets through the seasons, and sidebars provide fun facts on its inhabitants and...
If you look carefully, you can find them and be amazed These secret pools form every year when low places on the forest floor fill up with rain an...
This picture book reveals the hidden lives of insects and other small creatures from one midnight to the next. The world may appear to be sleeping in the dead of night, but it is not. As moonflowers open and stars shine, nature goes about her business. The world never sleeps. Full color.
This picture book reveals the hidden lives of insects and other small creatures from one midnight to the next. The world may appear to be sleeping in ...
Garland ("Daddy Played the Blues") displays his impressive range with the stylized, country-quilt, digital collage illustrations of flowers for each season of the year. Backmatter descriptions complete this child's introduction to a garden year, in which the passage of time is vividly realized. Full color.
Garland ("Daddy Played the Blues") displays his impressive range with the stylized, country-quilt, digital collage illustrations of flowers for each s...
