Everything you need to know about animals
Davies, Nicola, 1958-2010
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Readers imaginations will be fired on every page with this single-volume animal encyclopedia. The book is arranged into five chapters that explore the huge variety in the animal kingdom, how they get around, how they eat, animal senses and reproduction
Main title:
Everything you need to know about animals / by Nicola Davies
Author:
Imprint:
London Kingfisher 2010
Collation:
160 p. colour illustrations
Audience:
Lower primaryUpper primary
Contents:
Animal Variety: Simple animals -- Tubes and spines -- Shells and tentacles -- Wriggly worms -- Armoured animals -- Getting a backbone -- Jaws and skeletons -- Legs on the land -- Waterproofed! -- Feathers and flight -- Furry mammals -- Now you know! -- Getting Around: Floating and drifting -- Swimming -- Diving -- Wet and dry -- Slither and creep -- Walking up walls -- Lots of legs -- Four-legged speeders -- Boing! -- Into the trees -- Arms and tails -- Gliding -- Flying -- Night flight -- Long-distance travel -- Now you know! -- Getting Food: Filtering -- Big sieves -- Spider traps -- Leaf-eaters -- Grazing -- Fruits and nuts -- Nectar and pollen -- Weapons -- Defence -- Stealth and patience -- Chasing -- Vampires -- Parasites -- Scavengers -- Recyclers -- Now you know! -- Sensing the World: Eyes everywhere -- Day and night -- Super colour -- Seeing signs -- Listening out -- Hunting for sound -- Pictures in sound -- Talking animals -- Tongues and noses -- Finding the way -- Smelly signals -- Touchy feely -- Tender touch -- Sixth sense -- Now you know! -- Animal Babies: Getting together -- Fighting for a mate -- Eggs, eggs, eggs -- All on their own -- Nest life -- Hatching out -- Good fathers -- Changing shape -- Live babies -- Pups, puggles and joeys -- Living together -- Bringing up babies -- Now you know!
ISBN:
9780753419946 (hbk)
Dewey class:
590 EVE
Local class:
590
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
402
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 590 EVE | Available |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 590 EVE | Available |