Fish in trees? Frogs underground? Who knew?
No one would expect to see a bird at the bottom of a stream, yet that is precisely where the American dipper hunts for food. How about a tortoise that lives in the desert? The way it keeps cool is even more surprising.
Readers will be amazed to discover how the 36 animals featured in this book have evolved in order to live in hostile environments. From searing heat to glacial cold and from high in the sky to deep in the earth, these species endure extreme weather conditions and make their homes in the unlikeliest of places in order to hide from predators or to hunt for food.
Some of the animals featured in the book are:
The full-color photographs and surprising, informative text will appeal to animal lovers of all ages.
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Claire Eamer's book Super Crocs and Monster Wings won the 2009 Canadian Science Writers' Association Award. She lives in Whitehorse, Yukon.
To say that the author has filled the rest of this intriguing and well-written nonfiction book with absorbing text, clear photography and a useful amount of back matter is an understatement. . . It reads like a story and offers up more facts than you coul (Sally Bender salsfictionaddiction.blogspot.com 2010-09-26)
Eamer has successfully balanced playful with informative... an excellent and highly engaging addition to any school or personal library. (Canadian Materials Reviews 2010-10-29)
Eamer's text is kid-friendly but not at all simplistic, and informs while entertaining. (Whitehorse Star 2010-10-22)
An exuberant look at lesser-known members of the animal kingdom, written in simple, engaging language and illustrated with fantastical drawings and photographs. (Yukon North of Ordinary (in-flight magazine for Ai)
From marine insects and glacial ice worms to climbing fish called mudskippers, snakes that glide between trees, and cave-visiting birds that navigate using echolocation, Earner introduces more than three dozen animals that don't confine themselves to typical habitats. Close-up color photos depict each in a natural setting, and for readers who want to dig deeper, Earner provides generous multimedia reading lists to supplement her information-rich but brief profiles. The book is a bit overdesigned--the real animals are joined on many spreads by colored versions of the Cheshire Cat and other denizens of John Tenniel's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrations--but considering that many publishers would have likely stretched the book's concept into a series of slender, separate titles, it makes for a refreshingly economical way to explore some of the natural world's more venturesome residents. (John Peters Booklist 2010-12-01)
Eamer has successfully balanced playful with informative...would make an excellent and highly engaging addition to any school or personal library. (CM Magazine 2010-10-29)
This intriguing introduction to many very unusual creatures is well illustrated with photographs, and ... some of Sir John Tenniel's illustrations from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I found myself smiling at the wit and insight that coupled the creatures of Tenniel's imagination with real creatures which could, so easily, have been a part of his creation. (Deakin Newsletter 2011-04-01)
[Eamer] manages to convey her (mostly quite unexpected) information in a way that is entirely understandable without ever talking down to her young readers... A very good book. (January Magazine, Best Books 2010)
[Eamer] manages to convey her (mostly quite unexpected) information in a way that is entirely understandable without ever talking down to her young readers...a very good book. (January Magazine, Best Books of 2010 2010-12-01)
This well-researched book...will surprise and delight readers who are curious about the natural world. (Resource Links 2011-02-01)
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