A new series of colorful and lighthearted books that compares opposites in the weird and wonderful animal kingdom. 
 Children are often intrigued by extremes in the world around them and how they compare to each other -- the biggest and the smallest, the fastest and the slowest, the smartest and the silliest. These books describe and illustrate animals' characteristics and compare them to animals with exactly the opposite characteristics. Young readers will learn fascinating facts about dozens of creatures from around the world while having some serious fun. 
 All of the books include practical notes for parents and teachers about learning activities and games. The enormous and tiny animals in Biggest and Smallest come from all continents and some lived long ago. The sauroposeifon reached 40 feet but had a tiny head. Foraminifera jellyfish, too tiny to be seen without a microscope, lived on Earth 500 million years ago. The stinkpot turtle is just 2 inches long, but the venomous goliath bird-eating spider is the size of a dinner plate -- that's 12 inches! There are other extremes in Biggest and Smallest, too, such as the loudest land animal, the howler monkey, and the scariest reptile, the reticulated python.

Biggest and Smallest (Animal Opposites)

Children's Books

Bédoyère, Camilla

Animals

Firefly Books

A new series of colorful and lighthearted books that compares opposites in the weird and wonderful animal kingdom. 
 Children are often intrigued by extremes in the world around them and how they compare to each other -- the biggest and the smallest, the fastest and the slowest, the smartest and the silliest. These books describe and illustrate animals' characteristics and compare them to animals with exactly the opposite characteristics. Young readers will learn fascinating facts about dozens of creatures from around the world while having some serious fun. 
 All of the books include practical notes for parents and teachers about learning activities and games. Fastest and Slowest is alive with action photographs of the world's fastest animals . . . and the slowest. It's well known that, when it comes to speed, the cheetah rules the African plains. But lesser known is that, size for size, a human would have to run 2,500 miles per hour to keep up with the tiny golden-rumped elephant shrew! Other record-breakers include the bootlace worm, which at 180 feet is the longest of its kind, and the potoo bird, which mimics tree branches and spends its days perched in a tree and not moving -- at all -- until after dark. Now that's slow.

Fastest and Slowest (Animal Opposites)

Smartest and Silliest (Animal Opposites)

A new series of colorful and lighthearted books that compares opposites in the weird and wonderful animal kingdom. 
 Children are often intrigued by extremes in the world around them and how they compare to each other -- the biggest and the smallest, the fastest and the slowest, the smartest and the silliest. These books describe and illustrate animals' characteristics and compare them to animals with exactly the opposite characteristics. Young readers will learn fascinating facts about dozens of creatures from around the world while having some serious fun. 
 All of the books include practical notes for parents and teachers about learning activities and games. Smartest and Silliest features photographs of animals with detailed captions that describe how smart or silly they really are. Some are engaged in activities, and others demonstrate how size affects any number of things -- survival, play, appearance and more. Included are sheep that can recognize the faces of as many as 50 other sheep, sponges without brains, purple flatworms that can find their way through mazes (and remember the fastest route) and apes that can saw wood, hammer nails and wash clothes with soap.

Strongest and Weakest (Animal Opposites)

A new series of colorful and lighthearted books that compares opposites in the weird and wonderful animal kingdom. 
 Children are often intrigued by extremes in the world around them and how they compare to each other -- the biggest and the smallest, the fastest and the slowest, the smartest and the silliest. These books describe and illustrate animals' characteristics and compare them to animals with exactly the opposite characteristics. Young readers will learn fascinating facts about dozens of creatures from around the world while having some serious fun. 
 All of the books include practical notes for parents and teachers about learning activities and games. Strongest and Weakest shows how animals can be strong in different ways and how other animals have adapted to their weaknesses in order to survive. The coconut crab, which can open a coconut with its giant claws, is certainly strong. A lone piranha may not be strong, but in greater numbers they are the most ferocious of freshwater fish and can devour a large mammal in short order. And larvae of the periodical cicada are soft-bodied and lack any defenses, so they stay underground for about 17 years while they grow.

A spectacular collection of animals who are at home in the dark. 
 Creatures of the Night features more than a dozen extraordinary animals that live in the dark. These are mammals, birds, insects and spiders whose unique physical features help them to survive in the pitch-black darkness of jungles, fields and in the air. 
 The animals featured include: 
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<li> Aye-aye -- A lifetime spent in rain forest trees where they curl up to sleep during the day </li> <li> Common Glow-worm -- Bioluminescent beetle that doesn't look like a beetle </li> <li> Fungi -- More closely related to animals than plants, fungi "expand" (rather than grow) over a damp night </li> <li> Kinkajou -- Night-roaming cousin of raccoons </li> <li> Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula -- Hunts at night, capturing insects, frogs, lizards and mice </li> <li> Net-casting spider -- A huge pair of forward-facing eyes help it to see at night </li> <li> Railroad worm -- The only animal that is naturally bioluminescent in the red spectrum </li> <li> Vampire bat -- Day-sleepers that hunt during the darkest part of the night. </li> </ul>
 Intricately drawn artworks give accurate details of each animal's anatomy and behavior, and stunning photographs show how each animal hunts.

Creatures of the Night

A spectacular collection of weird yet real creatures from the darkest depths of the oceans. 
 In this book, readers get a look into the watery deep and find 14 of nature's strangest creatures. Intricately drawn artworks and 200 stunning photographs highlight the extraordinary features of each animal's anatomy and survival tactics, such as bioluminescence to ward off predators and jet propulsion (in one case, jet vomit) to escape quickly. 
 The monsters include deep-sea fish, squid, jellyfish, and microscopic life, such as: 
<ul>
<li> Black dragonfish, the inspiration for the parasitic Alien monsters </li> <li> Deep-sea hatchet fish, google-eyed and bioluminescent </li> <li> Deep-sea mussels that use bacterial "fuel cells" to harness energy from hydrothermal vents </li> <li> Deep-sea shrimp that spew bioluminescent vomit to escape predators </li> <li> Eyelight fish turn their "flashlight" eyes off and on while hunting </li> <li> Japanese firefly squid, bioluminescent, whose blue flashes attract small fish on which it feeds </li> <li> Lanternshark, totally bioluminescent in the deep sea </li> <li> Pelican eel, with a comically oversized mouth and a tail so long that it gets tied in knots. </li> </ul>
 Monsters of the Deep is an exciting, informative collection that will interest readers of all ages.

Monsters of the Deep

A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Tiffany was highly skilled in jewellery design, ceramics, enamels, and metalwork but he is best known for his beautiful stained-glass designs. Using opalescent glass in a variety of colours and textures, he created a stunning range of jewel-like Art Nouveau works, many of them presented here in this luxurious volume.

Louis Comfort Tiffany: Masterworks

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Flame Tree Illustrated

Sharpen your claws and get ready to meet cats in the wild! Discover everything you need to know about big cats with this brilliant book. One hundred facts, fantastic images, and fun cartoons reveal all about the big cat world, while quizzes test your knowledge.

100 Facts - Big Cats: Projects, Quizzes, Fun Facts, Cartoons

Miles Kelly Pub

Can penguins breathe underwater? What is a rookery? Discover everything you need to know about penguins in this extraordinary fact book. 
Flip through 100 fascinating facts covering everything from body language to surviving in freezing temperatures, then test your knowledge with fun quizzes. Each page is packed with activities, projects and mind-blowing facts for a truly engaging experience. With stunning photographs and beautiful illustrations, this fun-filled book is sure to challenge young readers and prepare them for academic success.

100 Facts - Penguins: Explore the Harsh, Icy World of Penguins and Their Clever Survival Techniques

Why do crocodiles store uneaten food underwater? Which jellyfish is most deadly? Discover everything you need to know about deadly creatures in this extraordinary fact book. 
Flip through 100 fascinating facts covering everything from killer carnivores to scary snakes, then test your knowledge with fun quizzes. Each page is packed with activities, projects and mind-blowing facts for a truly engaging experience. With stunning photographs and beautiful illustrations, this fun-filled book is sure to challenge young readers and prepare them for academic success.

100 Facts - Deadly Creatures: Projects, Quizzes, Fun Facts, Cartoons

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