Animals with Awesome Armor

Animals with Awesome Armor
Author: Susan K. Mitchell
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780766032965

Learn how animals such as armadillos and crabs protect themselves from predators.

Amazing Armored Animals

Amazing Armored Animals
Author: Sandie Sowler
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780679827672

Introduces a variety of armored animals and describes how they defend themselves with built-in spines, spikes, scales, shells, and other types of outer coverings.

Amazing Armoured Animals

Amazing Armoured Animals
Author: Sandy Sowler
Publisher: Stoddart
Total Pages: 29
Release: 1992
Genre: Animal defenses
ISBN: 9780773725508

Introduces a variety of armored animals and describes how they defend themselves with built-in spines, spikes, scales, shells, and other types of outer coverings.

Armor & Animals

Armor & Animals
Author: Liz Yohlin Baill
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1648960456

What do knights in shining armor have to do with slimy snails and porcupines? A lot, actually! Armor & Animals brings together two things kids love to provide an entryway into the world of art. The armor collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, beloved by its young visitors, provides the remarkable helmets, shields, and more that appear in the book, and which experienced museum educator Liz Yohlin Baill compares to the shells, scales, and spikes that protect animals. Lively text paired with bright, modern graphics and real-life armor informs kids about art and animals in tandem. A rhino crashes into a knight, teaching kids that a group of rhinos is called a crash—so stay out of the way! Dragons may be imaginary, but a fire-breathing dragon etched on armor can still make a horse look extra tough. Kids can consider the helmets, goggles, and other "armor" they use that help make their own activities safer, and connect art to their world as they learn.

Amazing Armored Animals

Amazing Armored Animals
Author: Sandie Sowler
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 29
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780679927679

Reveals how diverse species of animals protect themselves by using antlers, horns, tusks, scales, spines, bony plates, shells, and other forms of built-in armor.

Nine-Banded Armadillos

Nine-Banded Armadillos
Author: Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Publisher: Blastoff! Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781626172616

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to nine-banded armadillos. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

Armored Armadillo to Zippy Zebra

Armored Armadillo to Zippy Zebra
Author: Carol Robinson Baker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781956370485

Embark on a unique and whimsical safari adventure through the alphabet. This fun and interactive approach, using creative alliteration, new animal-inspired vocabulary, and detailed illustrations, entertains and educates young children and early readers about real animals A-Z. Readers gain insight into the characteristics, habitats, diets, behavior, and families of both familiar and exotic animals. Play detective with the bonus "I Spy" feature in each illustration and look for objects that begin with the same letter. How many can you find? Complete with Glossary and Education Applications, this humorous adventure captivates audiences in the home, classroom, and library.

Megafauna

Megafauna
Author: Richard A. Fariña
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2013-05-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0253007194

“An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and distribution of these fantastic animals . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology—how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics; and the interactions among them and with their environment. It also tells the stories of the scientists who contributed to our discovery and knowledge of these transcendent creatures and the environment they inhabited. The episode known as the Great American Biotic Interchange, perhaps the most important of all natural history “experiments,” is also an important theme of the book, tracing the biotic events of both North and South America that led to the fauna and the ecosystems discussed in this book. “Collectively, this book brings attention to the discovery and natural history of ancient beasts in South America while providing a broader temporal and geographic background that allows readers to understand their evolution and potential immigration to South America.” —Quarterly Review of Biology “An excellent volume . . . This book is likely to facilitate progress in the understanding of fossil mammals from the Americas.” —Priscum

Lost Animals

Lost Animals
Author: John Whitfield
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1588346986

Meet the incredible animals that have disappeared due to competition, mass extinctions, hunting, and human activity. Lost Animals brings back to life some of the most charismatic creatures to inhabit the planet. It captures the imagination with more than 200 incredible photographs, artworks of fossils, and scientific drawings of charming creatures like dodos, paraceratherium (the largest land mammal), spinosaurus (the biggest carnivorous dinosaur), placeoderm fishes (the sharks of their day), and more! Lost Animals is a captivating documentation of evolution and extinction. Each chapter focuses on a specific time in Earth's history, from the Cambrian explosion (the most intense surge of evolution the world has ever experienced) to present times, with profiles of the key species that lived then. From long extinct animals to Lazarus species--animals that were thought to be extinct before being rediscovered--this book takes readers on a journey through Earth's natural history, highlighting the world's biggest animal losses and its moments of conservational hope.