"Who are the gutsy daredevils of the animal kingdom? This book explores the wild, wicked, and wonderful world of daring animals. Series is developed to aid struggling and reluctant young readers with engaging high-interest content, considerate text, and clear visuals. Includes table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, index, sidebars, and author biographies"--

In cartoon format, uses bigfoot to explain the science of adaptation. Fully translated Spanish text. En esta novela gráfica, Bigfoot enseña la ciencia de la adaptación.

"If you could have any animal's superpower, whose would you choose?"--Provided by publisher.

"Because of plants' sedentary lives, they're not often placed among the more bizarre organisms on Earth. This beguiling book contains plenty of peculiar plants to entice future botanists. They'll find out about carnivorous pitcher plants as well as many other kinds of valuable vegetation and why they've developed similarly strange adaptations. This is a perfect way to delve into the study of plants and plant parts, a key part of life science curricula....

"The creatures in this book are hidden in various ways. Some survive by means of symbiotic relationships with other creatures, like the clownfish living among an anemone's poisonous tentacles. Some are closely related to seemingly unconnected animals, like the elephant and the manatee. Some use hidden abilities to do amazing things. Some change color. Some change sex. Some disguise themselves. Some secrete themselves but remain nearby. The stunning...

"A revised and updated version of Attitude Reconstruction, according to Bijou, emotions are spontaneous physical reactions to what happens to us during the day. They color our moods and actions and shine through our bodies. She defines the six core attitudes as sadness, joy, anger, love, fear, and peace. The five tools that provide us with the means of building a better life are: emotions, thoughts, intuition, speech, and action. It is possible to...

Profiles weird animals around the world, including the aye-aye, hairy frog, helmeted hornbill, pangolin, and leafy sea dragon, describing how their oddities actually serve an adaptive purpose.

"Fungi seem mysterious--they're not animals and they're not plants. Some aren't even visible to the human eye. Yet, they're constantly at work breaking down dead organisms. Our world would be cluttered without them! This beneficial book sheds much-needed light on the fungi kingdom, explaining what a fungus is as well as some the weirdest adaptations that have made it a successful survivor in the natural world. Graphic organizers summarize essential...