How It Works: Animals

Description

Packed with stunning cut-away illustrations, photos, fascinating facts and accessible text, young readers are guided on an amazing journey into the incredible world of insects by expert author, Gerald Legg. Discover the incredible ways in which animals have adapted to the challenges of life on Earth, from birds, fish and reptiles, to tiny insects and huge mammals. With stunning photographs and cutaway illustrations, How It Works: Animals explores the amazing secrets of animal life around the world in fascinating detail. Through clear explanations and awesome facts, discover how creatures move, eat, hunt and defend themselves to survive and thrive on our planet. AGES: 7 plus SELLING POINTS: . Key topics explained . Clear authoritative text with overviews and fact features, specially written to enthral young readers . Stunning large-format cut-away illustrations with engaging diagrams . Works as both a quick reference tool and an in-depth resource

Dr Gerald Legg spent several years in West Africa as a lecturer and tropical forest researcher and was keeper of Biology at the Booth Museum of Natural History in Brighton for almost 40 years before retiring in 2012. Author of a number of natural history books for children, and expert scientific consultant on many others, Dr Legg now devotes his time to his numerous interests in various areas of natural history and you can see his work on his website, www.chelifer.com