Some abandon their eggs, while others protect them fiercely and carry them wherever they go.
Animals hide them and disguise them in smart and surprising ways, too. The ostrich’s is the largest, but some are so small, you need a microscope to spot them. And how animals lay, protect, and even use each other's eggs as a food source help reveal the life cycle of the natural world. In this unique pop-up book, pull tabs, lift-the-flaps, sliding doors, and other interactive elements, along with striking, texture-rich, cut-paper artwork by the Caldecott Honor artist Steve Jenkins to reveal how, for most animals, an occasional flip or dip is a matter of survival! (The fascinating glossary of twenty-six creatures is best read right-side up.)Įgg: Hatching a plan for survival isn’t always easy in the wild. Skunks do stink-warning headstands and mallards upend in this colorful, interactive exploration of the hows and whys of upside-down animal behavior.
The upside-down jellyfish rests on its back to feed. While the text is short and sweet, an illustrated guide provides descriptions of the twenty two animals in the back.Īnimals Upside Down: The three-toed sloth is topsy-turvy most of the time. Jenkins’s vividly colorful cut-paper illustrations are eye-poppingly three-dimensional and as exquisite as ever. The Caldecott Honor–winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page apply their considerable talents to revealing how twenty two different species, from the emperor penguin to the Siberian tiger, adapt to that traumatic first few hours of life, with or without parental help.
Human newborns don’t do much at all, but some animals hit the ground running. My First Day: The first day of life is different for every animal. Creature Features: Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous-and very true-explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world.
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