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Animals that make me say wow!

Title
Animals that make me say wow! / Dawn Cusick.
Author
Cusick, Dawn
Publication
  • Watertown, MA : Imagine! Publishing, 2014.
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
National Wildlife Federation, issuing body.
Description
80 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 27 cm
Summary
"Cusick explores how gravity-defying flight, coiled and tubelike tongues, bite-proof armor and other surprising adaptations in animal bodies and behavior provide a competitive edge. This presentation of amazing animal facts is loosely organized into three sections: defense, foraging and anatomy. There's a short introduction for each section followed by a series of boxed explanations interspersed among a gallery of close-up photographs, mostly from the National Wildlife Federation archives. Some images are quite wonderful: a family of cygnets riding a swan's back, a porcupine chewing on a branch, an unidentified moth with a coiled tongue. Others are really too small to see details well. Some images are clearly labeled with the creature's name; others can be guessed from the nearby text, but some will be mysteries (perhaps better than the "great egret" caption for the snowy egret picture). Readers are asked some thought-provoking questions as well as offered cool facts. Scavenger-hunt challenges in the concluding section call for both inside and outside research. A companion volume, Animals That Make Me Say OUCH!, follows the same format, but its third section deals with adaptations for hostile environments. Both titles feature lively, colorful design. Best for browsers who like their facts fast" --
Alternative Title
National Wildlife Federation
Subject
  • Animals > Juvenile literature
  • Animal defenses > Juvenile literature
  • Animals > Adaptation
  • Animals
  • Animal defenses
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology
Genre/Form
  • Literature.
  • Juvenile works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 76) and index.
Awards (note)
  • Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 Award, 2015
Contents
Defense wow! -- Foraging wow! -- Anatomy wow! -- Scanvenger hunt challenges.
Call Number
JFF 15-142
ISBN
  • 9781623540418
  • 1623540410
LCCN
2015413922
OCLC
869262299
Author
Cusick, Dawn, author.
Title
Animals that make me say wow! / Dawn Cusick.
Publisher
Watertown, MA : Imagine! Publishing, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 76) and index.
Awards
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 Award, 2015
Added Author
National Wildlife Federation, issuing body.
Note
At heat of title: National Wildlife Federation
Research Call Number
JFF 15-142
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