Find Out About Animal Camouflage is a lovely book for children, looking at how creatures hide in the desert and snow, or some don’t hide at all. From insects that look like leaves to underwater creatures that blend into their background, readers will learn about:
- Leaf mimic moths (which resemble a dead leaf when still)
- African Gaboon vipers (which look like a heap of dead leaves)
- Peppered moth caterpillars (who adjust their colour to hide)
- The flower mantis (who looks like a pretty pink flower)
- Peacock flounders change colour to match underwater surroundings
- The ghost pipefish (looks like a long thin piece of coral)
- Ptarmigans blend in to hide in the snow
- Arctic hares & foxes (grow white fur in winter to hide)
Andy’s books of interviews with animals!
Interview with a Tiger (and other clawed beasts) is a fun book that gets up close with 10 fierce and furry beasts (including tigers) as they step up to the mic, and share their habits, behaviour, likes/dislikes, favourite foods and more. It also features ‘interviews’ with a wolf, honey badger, giant armadillo, lion, giant anteater, jaguar, snow leopard, polar bear and three-toed sloth. Plus tips on how to help endangered species.
Interview with a Panda (and other endangered animals) educates children on how to help, with interviews with:
- A giant panda
- A green turtle
- A black rhino
- A flying fox
- A Sumatran elephant
- A Cuban crocodile
- A tiger chameleon
- A kakapo (New Zealand owl parrot)
- A Western Nimba Toad
Interview with a Kangaroo (and other marsupials) looks at animals who carry their young in pouches. Features interviews with:
- A kangaroo
- A koala
- A Virginia opossum
- A Tasmanian devil
- A numbat
- A bandicoot
- A sugar glider
- A quokka
- A spotted cuscus
Interview with a Shark (and other ocean giants) gets up close with 10 extraordinary marine creatures, as they step up to the mic to share their habits, behaviours, likes/dislikes and favourite foods. The book features ‘interviews’ with:
- A great white shark
- A blue whale
- An orca (killer whale)
- A sunfish
- A giant squid
- A narwhal
- A manta ray
- An octopus
- A conger eel
- An angler fish