Deadly!: The Truth about the Most Dangerous Creatures on Earth

By Nicola Davies and Davies Nicola

Book Overview

Lions and scorpions and lethal little jellyfish, oh my Kids will sink their teeth into this fascinating look at nature's fiercest creatures. Sometimes nature can be nasty: snakes that spit poison, insects with exploding bottoms, and tigers that have you for dinner. Throughout the animal kingdom, creatures are equipped with lethal weapons, from finger-length fangs to toxic tentacles, and have ingenious ways of killing one another -- poisoning, dive-bombing, strangling, and even electrocuting Discover the murderous methods of attack and defense that make animals armed, dangerous, and deadly. Back matter includes an index and a glossary.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763662313
• ISBN13: 9780763662318
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7