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How old is a whale? : animal life spans from the mayfly to the immortal jellyfish

Title
How old is a whale? : animal life spans from the mayfly to the immortal jellyfish / Lily Murray ; illustrated by Jesse Hodgson.
Author
Murray, Lily
Publication
  • Sommerville, Massachusetts : Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2023.
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
Hodgson, Jesse
Description
59 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
"We are all on Earth but for a fleeting moment, yet no two lives are the same. From the delicate mayfly, which lives for just a few precious hours, to the death-defying immortal jellyfish, this book about animal life cycles is a celebration of creatures big and small."--
Subject
  • Animal life spans > Juvenile literature
  • Animal life cycles > Juvenile literature
  • Life > Juvenile literature
  • Death > Juvenile literature
  • Animals > Juvenile literature
  • Animal life cycles
  • Animal life spans
  • Animals
  • Death
  • Life
Genre/Form
  • Illustrated works.
  • Instructional and educational works.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Picture books.
Note
  • "First published by Big Picture Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, 2022"--Title page verso
Audience (note)
  • Ages 6-9.
Contents
Our time on Earth -- Adult mayfly -- Honeybee -- Monarch butterfly -- Pygmy goby -- Labord's chameleon -- Opossum -- Etruscan shrew -- Giant Pacific octopus -- Axolotl -- Periodical cicada -- Trapdoor spider -- Grizzly bear -- Brandt's bat -- Echidna -- Orangutan -- Laysan albatross -- Kākāpō -- African elephant -- Saltwater crocodile -- American lobster -- Orange roughy -- Galápagos giant tortoise -- Bowhead whale -- Greenland shark -- Ocean quahog -- Glass sponge -- Immortal jellyfish -- How long animals live.
Call Number
JFG 24-107
ISBN
  • 9781536229752
  • 153622975X
LCCN
2022908716
OCLC
1336005957
Author
Murray, Lily, author.
Title
How old is a whale? : animal life spans from the mayfly to the immortal jellyfish / Lily Murray ; illustrated by Jesse Hodgson.
Publisher
Sommerville, Massachusetts : Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First US edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Ages 6-9.
Added Author
Hodgson, Jesse, illustrator.
Research Call Number
JFG 24-107
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