Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatureson Earth
Nicola Davies, Neal Layton
Library Binding
(Perfection Learning, April 28, 2009)
"Davies s chatty, funny text and Layton s colorful illustrations will pull kidsinto this fascinating book about survival. . . . Exciting biology for the classroom." Booklist (starred review) From the persevering emperor penguins of the South Pole to the brave bacteria inside bubbling volcanoes, from the hardy reptiles of the driest deserts to the squash-proof creatures of the deepest seabeds, animals have adapted to survive in conditions that would kill a human faster than you can say "coffin." Discover how they do it in this amazing natural history book from a celebrated team and find out who wins the title of the toughest animal of them all."
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