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Adventure and adventurers Animal defenses Animal defenses Juvenile literature Animaux Moyens de défense Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Armored animals Armored animals Juvenile literature Bites and stings Camouflage (Biology) Camouflage (Biology) Juvenile literature Peterson, Coyote 1981-Yolen, Jane
Summary: Readers will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 YOLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLJenkins, Steve
Summary: Describes the odors that some animals have developed to stay safe and thrive in their environments, including the striped skunk, the bombardier beetle, and the honey badger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: From camouflage and color-changing to playing dead and detachable body parts, this fascinating glimpse into the clever, creative, and crazy ways animals avoid being eaten sheds new light on the natural world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2022
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Summary: "Many animals are very good at hiding. Often they hide to try to escape from animals that are trying to eat them, and sometimes they hide to try to fool animals that they're trying to eat! From the leaf mimic moth and the flower mantis, who blend in with their surroudnings, to the harmless scarlet king snake, whose colors match those of the deadly coral snake, animals use a range of colors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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Summary: The author tracks down stinging animals and chronicles getting stung by each of them, including a scorpion, fire ants, and executioner wasps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 617.1 PETZoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner.
Summary: Describes such animals as snails, turtles, and crabs, which live in shells and use these coverings as protection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1994
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETBerger, Melvin
Summary: Describes the many ways animals hide and defend themselves from their prey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 BERPallotta, Jerry
Summary: This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two unlikely animals: a blue whale and a mosquito! Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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Summary: Animals hide to avoid being eaten or to sneak up on animals they want to eat. This amazing book introduces children to some basic science concepts. Fascinating photographs feature animals that can change color, or that have different shapes and patterns, so that they can blend into their surroundings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 591.47 KALTopacio, Francine
Summary: "Just as knights in the Middle Ages wore armor to keep their bodies safe during battle, some animals have strong, hard coverings to keep their bodies safe from predators. Some animals have hard scales, shells, or thick skin that acts as armor. In this book, readers learn about the different types of armor that animals may have and encounter examples of each. Bright photographs grab the readers'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 TOPBerne, Emma Carlson
Summary: Armored skin, bony plates, and shells are key defenses animals employ to survive in their natural surroundings. By examining the many forms animal armor can take, readers will have the opportunity to explore the physical makeup of turtle shells, armadillo bands, and millipede exoskeletons, among others. They'll learn how animals use their armor to protect against specific predators. Lively fact...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 BERStewart, Melissa
Summary: "From award-winning author Melissa Stewart comes the grossest journey through the animal world you'll ever take. From ants to zorillas, get ready to discover some seriously strange animal behaviors. Slurp up soupy insides with houseflies, spit sticky saliva to build nests with birds, and fend off predators with poop-flinging caterpillars and farting snakes. And that's just the tip of the dung...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 STEJenkins, Steve
Summary: Introduces young readers to some of the stealthiest camouflaged animals in the natural world and asks them to seek out these animals hiding in plain sight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 JENMusgrave, Ruth A.
Summary: "Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the amazing ways animals defend themselves from predators"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 MUSPeterson, Coyote
Summary: "Coyote Peterson, YouTube star, animal enthusiast, and creator of the Brave Adventure series, has tracked down some of the world's most painfully stinging insects and chronicled getting stung by each of them on his YouTube channel. Coyote has saved the best -- or possibly the worst -- for last, and he's finally ready to share his experience with the most painful sting in the world: the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA 617.1 PETSowler, Sandie.
Summary: Introduces a variety of armored animals and describes how they defend themselves with built-in spines, spikes, scales, shells, and other types of outer coverings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 591.57 SOWJohnson, Rebecca L
Summary: Introduces animals with ninja-like skills, including geckos, sea urchins, and the Atlantic sailfish.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 JOHMartin, Marc
Summary: An introduction to twelve species that use camouflage to survive combines engaging scientific facts with natural-world artwork, while sumptuously detailed seek-and-find spreads offer interactive ways to apply new reader knowledge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 MARArnosky, Jim
Summary: Fold-out illustrations explore the ways different animals hide in plain sight, from a color changing octopus to the leaf-like markings of a copperhead snake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591 ARNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591 ARNBrown, Carron
Summary: "Who's hiding in the wild? Shine a light behind the page and see . . . Explore animal habitats up close and you will find a world filled with great surprises! From an Arctic fox peeping out of the snow to a blue-ringed octopus buried into the sandy seabed, the secrets of animal camouflage are revealed."-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BroCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Set Shine Light Brown 2016Nichols, Catherine.
Summary: An introduction to the world of the skunk, including its unique defense mechanism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animals NicholsThompson, Kim Mitzo.
Summary: Learn the names of the zoo animals and practice counting, too. Listen along to the CD, and you will feel you are right there at the zoo! Read the entire story in Spanish. Then, flip over the book and read the entire story in English!
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Twin Sisters IP, LLC 2007
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Summary: "Animal Planet star and Emmy Award-winning host of YouTube's Brave Wilderness Coyote Peterson is back, and this time he's being BITTEN by some of Earth's wildest beasts in this full-color exploration perfect for fans of The King of Sting and all animal enthusiasts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020