Octopuses can navigate a maze and even open jars with their eight arms! Readers will find out about all this and more, including the tricks octopuses use to escape predators and the clever ways octopuses hunt.

Dolphins have long memories and make special clicking sounds to help them get around underwater. Readers will discover all this and then some, including the amazing way that dolphins tell one another apart!

Introduces readers to the intelligence of parrots, providing examples of why they are considered supersmart.

Elephants have memories that can last a lifetime and amazing communication skills. Readers will learn all about how elephants communicate, work as a group to protect their young, and more.

Orangutans use sticks as tools and communicate using at least 32 different sounds! Readers will discover this and more, including how orangutans build themselves amazing nests in their forest homes.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deliciously dark tale of America’s dysfunctional coming years—and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Seattle Times • O: The Oprah Magazine • Maureen Corrigan, NPR • Salon • Slate • Minneapolis Star Tribune • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Kansas City Star • Charlotte Observer • The Globe and Mail • Vancouver Sun • Montreal Gazette • Kirkus Reviews In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis and our patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. Then Lenny Abramov, son of an Russian immigrant janitor and ardent fan of “printed, bound media artifacts” (aka books), meets Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American woman with a major in Images and a minor in Assertiveness. Could falling in love redeem a planet falling apart?

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