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Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dive into the Wild Wicked Wonderful world of the animal kingdom with the Top 10: Defenders. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of fascinating information and wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. A table of contents, glossary with simplified...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about disgusting animals. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stenches, slime, excrement, and vomit are all gross-and very effective-animal defenses. A dog that has been sprayed by a skunk will rarely want to approach the furry animal again. The seabird called the fulmar spews a stinky vomit powerful enough to cause a bird to drown! These are just two of the creatures in the spotlight of this entertaining volume. Readers will learn just how powerful defensive adaptations can be against even the deadliest predators....
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to prickly animals such as the sea urchin, hedgehog, porcupine, and thorny devil, and explore how they use spines to defend themselves against predators. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Some species of porcupines have 30,000 quills. Sea horses have bony plates to make them less appetizing, and a sea urchin's spines may be 1 foot (30 cm) long and venomous. These animals are definitely equipped to survive in their native habitats, much to the disappointment of their predators! In this lively volume, young zoologists will learn about various types of body coverings that help creatures, such as the echidna and the pangolin, stay alive....
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to venomous animals such as the cobra, stonefish, and flower urchin, and explore how they use venom to defend themselves against predators. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Which animals have the wildest disguises? This book explores the wild, wicked, and wonderful world of animal disguises. Series is developed to aid struggling and reluctant young readers with engaging high-interest content, considerate text, and clear visuals. Includes table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, index, sidebars, and author biographies"--
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to electric animals such as the stargazer, torpedo ray, electric eel, and and explore how they use electricity to defend themselves against predators. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
10) Animal tails
Author
Publisher
Arbordale Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Readers will be fascinated by the many ways animals use their tails: to move on land, swim, warn others, steer, hold onto things, keep warm, balance, fly, attract a mate, and even to defend themselves!
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Plenty of predators use their monstrous jaws and piercing claws to attack their prey, but many creatures wield these adaptations as defensive mechanisms, too. Readers may be surprised that an animal as cute as the red panda can fiercely protect itself from a snow leopard and that there's a kind of frog that can jab its version of a bony claw through its skin. Every animal needs to have some kind of weapon if they want to survive in a wild world. Illustrative...
12) Stinky animals
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to stinky animals such as the skunk, opossum, ladybug, and peccary, and explore how they use bad smells to defend themselves against predators. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
15) Armored animals
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to armored animals such as the crab, armadillo, pangolin, and all kinds of beetles, and explore how they use armor to defend themselves against predators. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet 8 amazing shape-shifting animals that use their abilities to scare off, escape from, or appear less tasty to their enemies. Eye-popping photographs and clear, simple text bring these one-of-a-kind creatures to life.
17) Horned animals
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to horned animals such as the kudu, yak, and cape buffalo, and explore how they use their horns to defend themselves against predators. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the various types of defenses mechanisms used by animals, including the bone spikes of the African hairy frog, the deadly poison of the blue-spotted N. taracua termite, and the hammer-like punch of the peacock mantis shrimp.
19) Crabs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Beginning readers will gain insight on where crabs live, what they like to eat, and how their armor protects them! This series is at a Level 1 and is written specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.