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Prickly and Poisonous Prickly and Poisonous Anita Ganeri Examines how various animals, fish, birds, insects, and different plants protect themselves from danger. OL104109W
Planet Earth Planet Earth Mark Brownlow,Alastair Fothergill,Jonny Keeling With a production budget of $25 million, the makers of Blue Planet: Seas of Life crafted this epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, with over 2, 000 days in the field, using 40 camer… OL16535011W
Coral reef survival Coral reef survival Eric Ethan Examines some of the protective methods, such as camouflage, regenerating parts of their bodies, and travelling in schools, used by creatures living near coral reefs. OL17851196W
Can You Find Me? Can You Find Me? Jennifer Dewey Illustrations and text describe how fish, insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals use camouflage to find food, avoid attack, and stay alive in the enemy-filled animal kingdom. OL1814380W
Hide and seek Hide and seek Toni Eugene Describes how various animals use camouflage to protect against predators. Features pop-up and movable illustrations. OL1867692W
Armor to venom Armor to venom Phyllis Jean Perry Describes how animals survive by using their armor, camouflage, horns, stings, and other natural protective devices and strategies. OL1885817W
Animals hide Animals hide Elaine Pascoe Describes some of the different ways animals protect themselves from danger. OL1920017W
What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? Steve Jenkins,Stacey D'Erasmo,Steve Jenikins Describes how various animals, including an octopus, a bombadier beetle, a puff adder, and a gliding frog, escape danger. OL1973169W
Love Love Frédéric Brrémaud The author Frederic Brremaud and the illustrator Federico Bertolucci turn their lens on a northeastern woodland setting to follow a single fox through its daily journey through the trees and along th… OL20017177W
Cheats and deceits Cheats and deceits Martin Stevens In Cheats and Deceits, Martin Stevens describes the remarkable range of adaptations in nature, and considers how they have evolved and increasingly been perfected as part of an arms race between pred… OL20030089W
Animal Survivors Animal Survivors Clive Gifford,Sarah Horne 32 pages : 22 cm OL21316878W
Electric animals Electric animals Cari Meister "Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to electric animals such as the stargazer, torpedo ray, electric eel, and and explore how they use electricity to defend themselves a… OL22320855W
Animal hide-and-seek Animal hide-and-seek Teddy Slater Examines how and why certain birds, insects, and mammals disappear by blending in with their backgrounds. OL2339547W
Amazing creatures Amazing creatures Rebecca L. Grambo Explore the awesome world of amazing creatures in vivid color photographs and text. OL24247784W
Dinosaur duel Dinosaur duel Leonie Bennett This book tells about meat-eating dinosaurs and how they catch their prey. Plant-eating dinosaurs have ways of protecting themselves and these are also described. Illustrations provide graphic suppor… OL24261031W
What color is camouflage? What color is camouflage? Carolyn Otto Explains how animals, birds, reptiles, and insects vary their markings and color to hide from their enemies and respond to their environment. OL2694842W
Skin Skin Savage, Stephen Describes the body coverings of humans and other animals, explaining the varying uses of skin, fur, feathers, spines, scales, and hair. OL2914278W
Keeping safe Keeping safe Bob Bampton Illustrations, some with pull tabs, and simple text present some of the many ways that animals protect themselves from danger. OL3970630W
What Lives in a Shell What Lives in a Shell Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld,Helen K. Davie Describes such animals as snails, turtles, and crabs, which live in shells and use these coverings as protection. OL459580W
Creatures of the sea Creatures of the sea John Christopher Fine Describes sea creatures with unusual appearances or behavior that allows them to fit successfully into their underwater environment. OL59515W
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