101 Freaky Animals

101 Freaky Animals
     written by Melvin and Gilda Berger


REVIEW

Get a head start on your animal reports this year by reading about 101 Freaky Animals. Maybe after sampling animals and facts about them you'll find one that you want to go into depth and research more about it.



 

Did you know?
38. The Great Indian Hornbill males use their casques on their beaks as an inflight weapon.


24. The Fennec Fox's ears are almost 1/2 as long as its body.


51. Komodo Dragons smell with their tongues.

65. Octopuses have a bag of tricks they use to escape their predators: they can flee by squirting water out of their bodies to jet away, they can change their skin color to camoflage themselves, they can spread dark ink in the water to confuse their enemies, and they can squeeze themselves through cracks and rocks to escape quickly.

84. Sphynx Cats have no fur and they are not Egyptian.

88. Star-Nosed Moles use their 22 tentacled noses to "see."

That's just six of the 101 animals featured in the book with interesting information to learn about.

Each page has an animal named and numbered to locate easily. There's an index in the back of the book to check to see which animals are featured.

Included with each animal factoid is a full photo of the animal being discussed and a thumbnail for easy reference and connection to the text.



The facts are interesting, the photos detailed and stimulating...so this book should peak your interest and leave you wanting to find out more!

We'll be building a Wallwisher Wall this Spring with interesting animal facts and Discovery Streaming videos to watch so be sure to keep checking back on our Media Center website. When we launch the wall we will also launch a page to recommend good books to read and you can bet that this one will be on the list!

ISBN: 978-0-545-23758-1


Happy Reading!

Warriors: The Lost Warrior

Warriors: The Lost Warrior
     created by Erin Hunter...
     Manga written by Dan Jolley, art by James L. Barry

REVIEW

So Warrior fans know where our stack of books are in the fiction section, but did you know that you can also find them now in the graphic novel section of the library?

Now the nationally best selling series is being created in Manga!

Erin Hunter herself comments in the foreward of this title how the Manga version can show a wide range of emotions and actions of one of her favorite characters in the series, Greystripe. She evaluates the drawings as strong and powerful and loves the crisp dialogue to move the action along!


 Be sure to look for "The Lost Warrior"  and other Manga as we purchase them for our collection.

Right now our first copy is available through the Extremely Popular Binder so sign up today!

ISBN: 978-0-06-124020-1

What in the Wild?

What in the Wild? Mysteries of nature Concealed...and Revealed
     written by David Schwartz and Yael Schy

Are you a nature detective? Can you solve riddles of nature?  This book has 8 animals for you to guess from hints within poems presented.






Each set of pages has a fold-out page with an animal photo answer and detailed information about the animal.




ISBN: 978-1-58246-310-0

Weird But True!

Weird But True!
written by National Geographic

This book is full of weird but true factoids about everything under the sun. 300 Outrageous Facts about animals, nature, physics, people, places and more. 
 
Watch the book trailer to see some of the interesting facts the researchers and photographers at National Geographic have put together to peak your interest in finding out about the world around you.

Already a hot title from last Spring's Book Fair, Weird But True2 was on the hot table at our Fall Book Fair "Reading Saves the Day" and Book 3 is on the way!








ISBN: 978-1-4263-0594-8

Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue

Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue
     written by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff

This is the true story of an endanagerd snow leopard and his amazing rescue and life. Leo was orphaned at less than seven weeks old and was found by a goatherd and his family in the snowy mountains of Pakistan.

The family hand raised the snow leopard until he was too old and large to be able to stay with them. He was given to the Pakistan authorities but they soon determined that they didn't have the reources to take care of him appropriately.

The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Bronx Zoo in New York had the leading experts in taking care of snow leopards and so together the governments of the United States and Pakistan, and the Zoo and wildlife Conservation Society all worked together so that Leo could come to live in the United States.

Working with international governments, traveling through landslides, floods, and treacherous mountains, and long plane rides, the reward of finding a safe environment for leo to live out his life with his new friend Shelby allows this adventure to have a happy ending.



ISBN: 978-0-545-22928-9