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.

Animals With Armor

Animals With Armor
Author: Maria Racanelli
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2010-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448801583

Discusses armored animals and their habitats.

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.

What Do You Know About Animals with Armor?

What Do You Know About Animals with Armor?
Author: Francine Topacio
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2020-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1725319799

Just as knights in the Middle Ages wore armor to keep their bodies safe during battle, some animals have strong, hard coverings to keep their bodies safe from predators. Some animals have hard scales, shells, or thick skin that acts as armor. Your curious learners are introduced to the different types of armor that animals have and they'll encounter examples of each. Bright photographs grab readers' attention while a graphic organizer presents key information in one go-to place.

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.

National Geographic Kids Readers: Animal Armor (L1)

National Geographic Kids Readers: Animal Armor (L1)
Author: Laura Marsh
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426330375

Get to know scales, shells, and other kinds of amazing animal armor in this engaging Level 1 Reader from National Geographic Kids, now with more than 125 books from Pre-reader to Level 3 in the series. Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, kids will learn all about these fantastic creatures. Learn about animals with shells, scales, and spikes! This Reader is carefully leveled for an early independent reading or read aloud experience, perfect to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!

Armadillos

Armadillos
Author: Kari Schuetz
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2007-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1612114849

A shell of bony plates covers an armadillo's body. This dense Òbody armorÓ protects the animal, but it also makes swimming difficult. To avoid sinking in water, an armadillo must inflate its stomach with air! In this book, children will learn about the diet, habitat, and unique look of the armadillo.

Animal Weapons

Animal Weapons
Author: Douglas J. Emlen
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2014-11-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0805094504

Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began.

Animals That Change Color (L2) (National Geographic Readers)

Animals That Change Color (L2) (National Geographic Readers)
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426337116

"Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this new leveled reader dives into the amazing world of animals that change their appearance based on environment, the need to blend in to hunt or stay safe, and even their mood! Kids will learn all about the how and why of these amazing animal transformations"--