Provides a top-to-bottom look at the ocean, from birds and waves to thermal vents and ooze.

This book beautifully renders ocean-side wildlife and their delicate relationships with one another. Himmelman's breathtaking watercolor paintings are coupled with rhyming text couplets that examines the delicate balance that exists on the seashore. This enhanced version includes read-along and animations that bring the story to life before your eyes!

"The Nocturnals characters--Dawn the Fox, Tobin the Pangolin, and Bismark the Sugar Glider--introduce you to the features and adaptations of Nighttime Animals in their world. Discover their awesome athletic abilities, sensational sense, powerful protections, and more!"--

The author/illustrator team of Sandra Markle and Alan Marks has had a profound impact on the world of children's nonfiction with their collaborative efforts on books about different animals around the world. From wolves in Yellowstone to penguins in Antarctica, readers and critics have raved about the way in which Markle and Marks share their stories and information about animals in the wild. In their newest project, readers are introduced to twin...

"An emperor penguin mom treks up to fifty miles to bring food to her hungry chick. A toothy American alligator carefully carries hatchlings in her mouth, shuttling them safely to the water. A piping plover uses her best acting skills to feign an injury, luring predators away from her offspring. Whether building elaborate burrows, forgoing food for months on end to feed their cubs, toting hundreds of spiderlings on their backs, conducting patient swimming...

Describes various dinosaurs that live in the deserts, how they survived millions of years ago, and what they have in common with today's desert animals.

Describes the types of work that different animals do, including donkeys, camels, goats, sheep, and elephants.