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Overview
An opossum has a very tricky way to get itself out of danger. When an enemy approaches, the opossum flops over and doesn't move. Is it dead? No, it's just pretending. Look inside to find many more fascinating facts about these tricky creatures!Synopsis
An opossum has a very tricky way to get itself out of danger. When an enemy approaches, the opossum flops over and doesn't move. Is it dead? No, it's just pretending. Look inside to find many more fascinating facts about these tricky creatures!
Children's Literature
If the snarling or escape plan doesn't quite do it, the opossum will play dead and emit a hideous odor to keep away its enemy. Read and learn more about the defense mechanism and life of this North American marsupial. Colorful photographs in each layout help to show different facets of the opossum. Young readers with help and guidance may learn how to use the different features of this informational text. Captions with the photographs provide additional information. At the end of the book, readers will find a simple glossary and index to use. Further investigation about the opossum may be pursued by reading the additional books that are listed or by visiting the publisher's website, which has portals to other websites about the opossum. To learn more about other animal defense mechanisms, there is a brief description of another animal that plays dead. Furthermore, there are five other books in the "Gross-Out Defenses" series that may entice those who are curious and want to explore the topic. Reviewer: Carrie Hane Hung
Editorials
Children's Literature -
If the snarling or escape plan doesn't quite do it, the opossum will play dead and emit a hideous odor to keep away its enemy. Read and learn more about the defense mechanism and life of this North American marsupial. Colorful photographs in each layout help to show different facets of the opossum. Young readers with help and guidance may learn how to use the different features of this informational text. Captions with the photographs provide additional information. At the end of the book, readers will find a simple glossary and index to use. Further investigation about the opossum may be pursued by reading the additional books that are listed or by visiting the publisher's website, which has portals to other websites about the opossum. To learn more about other animal defense mechanisms, there is a brief description of another animal that plays dead. Furthermore, there are five other books in the "Gross-Out Defenses" series that may entice those who are curious and want to explore the topic. Reviewer: Carrie Hane HungSchool Library Journal
Gr 2-3
The stars of the show, at least when it comes to browser appeal, these titles focus on different defensive strategies highlighted in vivid, often gloriously repulsive photos. Leading the way is the hagfish, with its ability to generate clouds of thick, gill- and nose-clogging slime, but, as seen in a spectacular stop-motion image, the horned lizard can squirt blood out of its eye sockets, and a shot of a dog sporting a face full of porcupine quills will have even cynical viewers wincing. Each volume includes a species range map and lively text presented in well-spaced single sentences. Expect plenty of delighted "ewwwww"s and shouts of "gross!"