This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes the venomous black widow spider. Readers learn how these spiders use venom to kill prey and as a protection against predators. Also explains where they live and what to do when they are encountered.
This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes the venomous poison dart frog. Readers learn how these rainforest frogs use venom to as a protection against predators. Also explains how people have used the poison for hunting and medicines.
Presents information about the grizzly bears of North America, their habitats, and their amazing size and strength.
Presents information about South America’s spectacled bears, their forest habitats, and their distinctive fur patterns.
This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes animals that drink the blood of other animals and even people. Explains how these “vampire” animals find their hosts and which ones usually spread diseases when they feed on human blood.
Presents information about polar bears, their habitats, and the physical features that help them survive in the Arctic.
Presents information about sloth bears, their habitats in the grasslands of India, and their unusual way of eating
Presents information about the sun bears of Southeast Asia, their rain forest habitats, and their climbing skills.
This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes the types of mutations that can happen to animals and plants. Highlights how outside forces or random genetic mishaps can cause extra or missing limbs, color variations such as albinism, and other abnormalities.
This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes animals with amazing speed, strength, and senses. Explains how these adaptations benefit them as defenses against predators or as ways to find and capture prey.
This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes animals that seem to take over the brains of other animals. Explains how parasites can alter their hosts' behaviors to use the host for their survival.
Presents information about black bears living in North America, their habitats, and their sharp senses.
Presents information about rare giant pandas, their habitats in China, and their diet of bamboo.
