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Can you climb a tree without using arms or legs? Can you smell odours by wiggling your tongue in the air? Snakes can! Beginning with these simple questions, award-winning author Laurence Pringle invites readers to explore the remarkable abilities and lives of snakes.

Featuring stunning illustrations, this is a great introduction to an extraordinary mammal. Readers can discover how bats can pluck insects from the air, fish from the water and help giant trees and other tropical plants to reproduce, among other fascinating facts.

Join Laurence Pringle as he introduces a variety of whales and describes efforts to save these magnificent creatures from extinction. With bold, realistic illustrations by Meryl Henderson, this journey to the undersea world unveils the mysterious world of these mammals in the ocean.

Laurence Pringle's fascinating and informative book, with stunning illustrations by Meryl Henderson, introduces young readers to the life and behaviour of one of nature's most remarkable birds - the penguin.