When Lunch Fights Back
Title | When Lunch Fights Back PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca L. Johnson |
Publisher | Millbrook Press |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2020-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1728412668 |
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! The octopus spies a nice, tasty mantis shrimp. It swims over for a closer look at the small creature. ThenWHAM!the mantis shrimp strikes a nasty blow with its hammer-like forelimb. The octopus shrinks back, defeated. That wasn't such an easy meal after all . . . In nature, good defenses can mean the difference between surviving a predator's attack and becoming its lunch. Some animals rely on sharp teeth and claws or camouflage. But that's only the beginning. Meet creatures with some of the strangest defenses known to science. How strange? Hagfish that can instantaneously produce oodles of gooey, slippery slime; frogs that poke their own toe bones through their skin to create claws; young birds that shoot streams of stinking poop; and more.
American Badgers
Title | American Badgers PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Sabelko |
Publisher | Bellwether Media |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2019-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1681035200 |
Sleepy badgers can nap for 29 hours at a time! These burrowing critters love some shut-eye, but they are effective predators and fierce fighters, too. This title for beginning readers goes deep inside the American badger’s life underground.
Mighty Animal Cells
Title | Mighty Animal Cells PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca L. Johnson |
Publisher | Lerner Books [UK] |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Cell physiology |
ISBN | 1580135064 |
Through close-up photographs of cells and cell parts, this book explains what special talents your cells--and the cells of other animals--have.
Fighting for Survival
Title | Fighting for Survival PDF eBook |
Author | Rick Raymos |
Publisher | Perfection Learning |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2014-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781627655996 |
In the wild, some animals are predators, who hunt other animals. Predators have special traits that help them catch their prey. But not always! Prey animals have tricks they use to hide or stay safe from their ever-looming enemies. Learn all about the animals who hunt and are hunted, like the cheetah who stalks the gazelle and the Arctic wolf who stalks the caribou, just to name a few. This book will allow students to make observations of animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Gray Wolves
Title | Gray Wolves PDF eBook |
Author | Christina Leaf |
Publisher | Bellwether Media |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2015-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 161211993X |
In childrenÕs stories, gray wolves are often cast as villains. But these powerful predators are a vital part of North AmericaÕs wilderness. Hunt down more information about these important animals in this title for young readers.
Moose Attack
Title | Moose Attack PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Owings |
Publisher | Bellwether Media |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2011-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1612116418 |
In many national parks, hikers are at risk of becoming the victims of a hit-and-run. More threatening than the bear, the moose will attack if they get too close. It will grunt, stomp its feet, shake its antlers, and then charge with the force of a moving car! Hear incredible stories of people surviving wild moose encounters in this antler-packed title.
A Journey Into the Ocean
Title | A Journey Into the Ocean PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca L. Johnson |
Publisher | Lerner Publications |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781575055916 |
Takes readers on a journey into the ocean, showing examples of how the animals and plants of the ocean are connected and dependent on each other and the ocean's saltwater environment.