| 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.
Animals with Wicked Weapons
| Author | : Susan K. Mitchell |
| Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 2008-07-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780766032927 |
Learn about the weapons that different animals have to protect themselves from predators.
Animals with Crafty Camouflage
| Author | : Susan K. Mitchell |
| Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 2008-07-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780766032910 |
Learn about animals that blend in with their surroundings to avoid predators.
Armor Up
| Author | : Emma Carlson Berne |
| Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 2019-07-15 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1978508085 |
Armored skin, bony plates, and shells are key defenses animals employ to survive in their natural surroundings. By examining the many forms animal armor can take, readers will have the opportunity to explore the physical makeup of turtle shells, armadillo bands, and millipede exoskeletons, among others. They'll learn how animals use their armor to protect against specific predators. Lively fact boxes, along with sidebars and accessible descriptions of current scientific research, help students discover the more unusual aspects of animal armor. Full-color photographs of the animals and close-ups of their special features enhance the narrative while a list of recent books and websites encourage further exploration of the topic.
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.
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.
Amazing Animals
| Author | : Philippa Perry |
| Publisher | : World Book |
| Total Pages | : 38 |
| Release | : 1961-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780716645016 |
It's the weirdest and wildest menagerie ever to strut across a page.
Gotcha Again for Guys!
| Author | : Kathleen A. Baxter |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2010-10-19 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 159884377X |
Here's help in selecting current, nonfiction books that will get boys excited about reading. Enticing boys to read is still a hot topic. With chapters like "Disasters and Mysteries," "Gross and Disgusting," "Machines and the Military," and "Prehistoric Creatures," Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading is a treasure trove of recent nonfiction books that will interest boys in grades 3-8. This sixth entry in Baxter and Kochel's Gotcha series covers books published between 2007 and 2009, with a few oldies-but-goodies also included. The book is organized into 12 thematic chapters, each of which offers booktalks for a select number of titles, followed by a list of other high-interest, well-reviewed titles that correspond with the chapter's topic. Features new to this volume include numerous booklists to be copied and saved, as well as profiles of new and innovative nonfiction authors writing for this age group. In addition, the book features interviews with seven male authors of nonfiction books for boys.
Medieval Pets
| Author | : Kathleen Walker-Meikle |
| Publisher | : Boydell Press |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1843837587 |
An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature.
