Books in Animal Close-ups series

"In Deep with the Octopus is filled with interesting information and is worth considering if you need a book about these intelligent and threatened sea creatures." Recommended. -- CM Magazine Octopuses are eight-armed, boneless, solitary sea creatures. Some can weigh over 200 pounds while others can be as small as a golf ball. They have taste receptors all over their bodies, and scent receptors on every arm. One kind of octopus can even spit out toxic saliva at its enemies! These complex creatures can solve problems, store memories, recognize shapes and even mimic other creatures. In this book, young readers can: Learn how octopuses shoot ink. Explore habitats. Find out how octopuses have changed over the centuries. Discover the neat tricks they perform. Learn what octopuses eat, and what eats them. Take a quiz.

Buzz About Bees is a great overview of all things apiarian. Pick up this book and it engages you with a true/false quiz about what you and your students may or may not know about bees... If you can navigate the BEE-wildering array of apiarian puns, this is a great introduction to all things bees. -- National Science Teachers Association Imagine a world without bees. Not only would it be less colorful -- with fewer wildflowers and flowering plants -- it would be less fruitful as well. A world without bees would mean a world where the food supply would be significantly diminished. Global bee researcher Laurence Packer estimates that bees are responsible for 1/3 of our food supply. Accompanying information about the history, social structure and science behind the world of bees and honey are conservation activities to make the world a place where hives of bees can thrive.