"There are several different types of creatures that live in the sea, including crustaceans. These amazing animals include crabs, lobsters, and shrimp. Through age-appropriate and accessible main text, readers learn about different crustacean habitats, how they reproduce, their eating habits, and life cycles. Animal lovers are presented with engaging facts that expand their knowledge of this fun biology topic. A detailed glossary, informational graphic...

"Pill Bug rolls alone. Pill Bug does not need anybody. And Pill Bug likes it that way, until he finds himself in a tight spot! Can he get out of this on his own, or does Pill Bug need a helping hand?"--

Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about mantis shrimp and lionfish. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7.

"Spiders, jellyfish, and dragonflies are a few of the many invertebrates that students will unearth in this visually striking, scientifically vetted volume. Readers will be fascinated by the sheer diversity of invertebrate creatures, and realize how prevalent they are in our world, from the sea to the sky. The mechanics of walking on water, the ins and outs of metamorphosis, pearl production, and varieties of venom are all covered, as well as the...

"Naira de Gracia's The Last Cold Place offers a dramatic, captivating window into a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a season living and working in a remote outpost in Antarctica alongside seals, penguins, and a small crew of fellow field workers. In one of the most inhospitable environments in the world (for humans, anyway), Naira follows a generation of chinstrap penguins from their parents' return to shore to build nests from pebbles until the chicks...

"Clear and inviting nonfiction prose, vetted by scientists--together with lively illustrations and a time line--narrate how life on Earth emerged "out of the blue." Learn how and why creatures began to emerge from the deep--from the Cambrian Explosion to crustaceans, mollusks to fishes, giant reptiles to the rise of mammals--and how they compare to the animals we know today, in a lively and accessible outing into the prehistoric past that boils a...

Of all the continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of our planet's origins than Australia. NOVA's four-part "Australia's First 4 Billion Years" takes viewers on a rollicking adventure from the birth of the Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. With help from host and scientist Richard Smith, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids....

Tell Me How Career Series - Career Education and Opportunities for Young People. Recommended for both School, Public Libraries and Guidance Offices. The Tell Me How series is a necessary addition to any library, guidance center of school curriculum. It explores a large number of career opportunities for young people and features real people doing real jobs. In this program learn the ins and outs of harvesting shrimp and the challenges of navigating...

Presents the animal inhabitants of the seashore, including fish, crustaceans, snails, and shorebirds.--