As large as life : the scale of creatures great and small, short and tall
Marx, Jonny2021
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26 habitats to explore, featuring more than 250 animals. Did you know that a sword-billed hummingbird has a beak longer than its body, that a giant anteater's tongue can delve two feet into a termite mound in pursuit of food, or that a lion's mane jellyfish can grow tentacles as long as three buses? See how the most sublime animals on the planet size up and compare them all in one go using the enormous fold-out chart at the back of the book.
Main title:
As large as life : the scale of creatures great and small, short and tall / written by Jonny Marx ; illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat.
Author:
Marx, Jonny, authorPrabhat, Sandhya, author
Imprint:
London : Lttle Tiger/360 Degrees, 2021.©2021
Collation:
61 pages : colour illustrations ; 33 cm + 1 chart (folded)
Audience:
9+ years old.
Contents:
Beating wings -- The Chihuahuan Desert -- The shallows -- Australian Outback -- The Arctic -- Creepy crawlies -- The Black Forest -- The Galápagos -- On the shore -- On safari -- Himalayas -- The coral reef -- Really wild -- The Amazon rain forest -- Lounging lizards -- The Antarctic -- Sumatra -- The big blue -- Into the woods -- The rain forest floor -- The Nile River -- Under the sea -- Going underground -- Bioluminescent beings -- Madagascar -- Into the deep -- The scale of life in this book.
ISBN:
9781838911799 (hbk)9781838911799
Dewey class:
591.41591
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
509922
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Junior Non-Fiction Animals | J 591 MAR | Onloan - Due: 30 Sep 2024 |