Books with author Pierre de Hugo

The tide is out; let's explore! Look for colorful shells, dig in the sand, and peep under stones. Discover where crabs and shrimps hide and find oysters, mussels, and starfish.

If you would like to look at fish in the sea, you need to learn to dive, or you could watch the fish swim around in the pages of this book.

"c1997 by Editions Gallimard Jeunesse. English text c2012 by Moonlight Publishing Ltd. First published in the United Kingdom 2000 by Moonlight Publishing Limited." --T.p. verso.

Which animals are threatened with extinction? In this book you will find out how some animals have disappeared altogether. Discover why others, like gorillas, panda bears, tigers, and even elephants must be protected if they are to survive.

Rabbits live together in their burrows. See how they clean themselves, find food, and escape from their enemies.

Dig in the sand, peep under stones, pick up colorful shells. Find crabs and shrimps, oysters and limpets, mussels and starfish.

Learn how polar bears live and hunt on ice and in icy waters. See how they raise their cubs in the difficult arctic climate. Can they survive the melting ice floes?

Why does a hedgehog roll up in a tight ball, with all its prickles sticking out? What does it eat? How does it spend the winter?

A close up look at the animal life in the stream reveals such creatures as the diving beetle (its eyes are divided into two parts which allow it to see as well underwater as on the surface) and the crayfish (the end of its tail spreads out into a fan, with which it can push itself backwards and escape quickly).

In this book you will find out why an animal has disappeared altogether and how others, like pandas, must be protected if they are to survive.

The hedge is full of animal and plant life. Readers will take a closer look through a microscope at a fieldmouse (its teeth are strong enough to gnaw holes in wood), a hedgehog (when it feels threatened, it rolls into a ball), and a snail (its shell protects it from the sun, wind, and rain, but it also acts as its lungs).

A mother tells her young daughter how the goddess Ganga came to earth and became the Ganges River. Explanatory sidebars present information about Hindu beliefs.