Camouflage by Bernard Stonehouse (2000) NOS

Description

Partners by Bernard Stonehouse (2000) – Illustrated by John Francis

This series of animal behaviour books provides a dramatic introduction for young readers to the fascinating lives of creatures great and small.  Magnificent artwork captures nature’s most spectacular moments and reveals the hidden phenomena only seen by expert naturalists.

Ever wondered why a little fish can swim into the mouth of a bigger fish and not get eaten?  Why birds can happily sit on top of a hippo without harm?  In this book about animal partners, you will find answers to these questions and more.

The cast of Partners:

• Ostrichs & zebras
• Cleaner-wrasse & coral cod
• Oxpeckers & rhinoceroses
• Honeyguides & honey badgers
• False scorpions & longhorn beetles
• Sooty shearwaters & tuataras
• Ospreys & night-herons
• Rufous kookaburras & termites
• Striped remoras & white sharks
• Galapagos red cabs & marine iguanas
• Large blue butterflies & ants
• Carmine bee-eaters & Kori bustards
• Egyptian coursers and Nile crocodiles
• Grey hornbills & green monkeys
• Pea-crabs & blue mussels
• Cattle egrets & cape buffaloes
• Shrimp fish & sea urchins
• Shepherd fish & Portuguese men-of-war
• Black garden ants & rose aphids
• Black-capped chickadees & humans

Dimensions: 28 x 21.5 x 0.4cm

Pages: 48

Age: 8+