Clarke, Ginjer L

This book traces the growth of North American baby river otters, describing their eating habits, their wrestling with each other, and finally their swimming.

Text and illustrations introduce the behaviors, physical characteristics, eating habits, and habitat of baby meerkats.

Describes the distasteful habits of a variety of animals, including squirting blood from the eyes to scare predators, stealing other birds' vomit, and eating dung.

An exploration of the defense mechanisms of a variety of animals, including cuttlefish, false-eyed frogs, leafy sea dragons, hognose snakes, panther chameleons, and more.

Text and illustrations present many strange facts about bugs.

Provides facts about large animals from the prehistoric period, such as the archelon and the argentavis, and includes illustrations.

Presents an introduction to large lizards from around the world, in simple text with illustrations, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle, including Komodo dragons, iguanas, and Gilamonsters.

Describes the hatching and development of a Florida alligator.

Simple text and illustrations present an overview of sharks, including their physical features, their behavior, their diet, and their life cycle.

Simply describes what a platypus looks like, where it lives, and how it swims, builds a nest, cares for its eggs, and raises its babies.