A variety of animals common to North America pose for portraits against a white background while narrating distinctive aspects of their natural histories: animals such as the American bullfrog, American toad, blue jay, Ohio crawfish, goldfish, southern flying squirrel, big brown bat, fox snake, eastern screech-owl, gray treefrog, bush katydid, Virginia opossum, Chinese praying mantis, jumping spider, red flat bark beetle, black swallowtail, eastern spiny softshell turtle, red-eyed vireo, eastern box turtle, spotted salamander, monarch. Includes curious critters silhouettes quiz and answer key.

How-to guidebook for making your own plush toys.

Bright photographs show animals from Michigan.

Introduces animals, birds, and insects commonly found in Texas.

A variety of animals common to Florida pose for portraits against white backgrounds accompanied by brief natural history information.

"This veritable marine treasure trove of a book is richly illustrated by the author, with fifty of the most beautiful, easily encountered, and sometimes astonishing marine organisms found on British coasts, from seemingly exotic seahorses and starfish, to peculiar sea-potatoes and sea lemons.0Together, these characterful critters paint a colourful picture of life between the tides: starfish that, upon losing an arm, can grow a new one; baby sharks hatching from their fancifully named "mermaid' purses"; ethereal moon jellyfish pulsating in the current and, on some seabeds, even coral. Beachcombing, overturning a boulder or simply parting the strands of seaweed in a rock pool offer a glimpse into a thriving underwater world of curious creatures. 0Inspired by the Oxford University of Natural History's exceptionally rich zoology collections, which contain millions of specimens amassed from centuries of expeditions, this book tells the story of life on the seashore."--Publisher's description.

Drawn from the dark side of man's imagination, the grotesque creatures in this unusual collection offer a rich source of ready-to-use art and inspiration for any artist or illustrator in search of the bizarre. Meticulously reproduced from a facsimile of a rare 16th century volume, 120 copyright-free illustrations comprise a mind-boggling assortment of curious beings: half-human insects, fish with human limbs, a man with a drum for a torso, a huge, boiling cauldron with legs, arm and head; and much more. These fantastic, often comic, figures will amuse the casual browser and provide a wealth of material for graphic designers; antiquarians and anyone intrigued by nightmarish vision reminiscent of the work of Bosch, Bruegel and Callot.