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Overview"Crawl into the deepest corners of caves across the world and learn about the wonderfully weird creatures that live their lives in the dark! Crawl into the deepest corners of caves across the world and learn about the wonderfully weird creatures that live their lives in the dark! Did you know that some creatures that live in the dark have adapted to have no eyes? Or that some dark dwellers have extra long antennae so they can feel their way around their homes? Have you ever seen a troglobite? There many different types of troglobites including the fearless waterfall-climbing cave fish, the mutant Mexican tetra, and the mystifying olm. Author and illustrator Lindsey Leigh introduces young readers to some of the weirdest and creepiest critters that thrive in the darkest corners of our planet in her uniquely funny and graphic style. This fact-filled book reveals the different ways that creatures of the dark have adapted to thrive in their environments, including slow movement and loss of pigment in their bodies to blend in with their surroundings. Readers will get to know aquatic cave leeches, tailless whip scorpions, cave beetles, the devil's hole pupfish, worms, salamanders, and all kinds of bats. Praise for Lindsey Leigh's The Deep! ""A buoyant undersea venture. Leigh draws her teeming wildlife in accurate detail.""--Kirkus Reviews, starred review" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lindsey Leigh , Lindsey LeighPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Penguin Workshop Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 26.00cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780593662595ISBN 10: 0593662598 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 09 July 2024 Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationLindsey Leigh grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, fascinated by the Smithsonian museums and the Baltimore Aquarium. Her passion for communicating scientific ideas eventually led her to join the Guild of Natural Scientific Illustrators. She has since completed a Scientific Illustration internship with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and has created educational comics for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Tech, and the magazine BBC Focus. She is the author of The Deep! (Penguin Workshop). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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