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This illustrated nonfiction picture book explores the unique and disgusting things that animals sometimes do when they're scared. Things are about to get scary.
Learn about the wild, wacky and downright disgusting ways some animals react out of fear.
Are you afraid of the dark? Of getting lost? Or of something you saw in a movie? Maybe someone laughed at you for being scared or called you a chicken. That's okay! In fact, it's how humans stay safe in scary situations.
While people might run or scream, animals have amazing ways of protecting themselves when they're afraid. Fulmar birds vomit, Texas horned lizards shoot blood from their eyes and hagfish slime their enemies. Full of incredible and sometimes gross animal facts, Mighty Scared explores how mammals, insects, fish and birds around the world respond when scary predators are near.
Key Selling Points
• This is a fact-filled STEM picture book that explores the unique and sometimes disgusting ways different mammals, insects, fish and birds respond when they're scared, and how those reactions compare to the human response to fear.
• The book allows young readers to discover how much we have in common with other animals and why being scared is natural and helpful.
• Includes fascinating and gross examples in nature, such as a seagull that throws up, a lizard that shoots blood from its eyes, bees that cook their enemies, eels who fry their enemies, and bugs that suck out their enemies' insides with their noses and then wear their shell on their back.
• Features additional facts about each animal, including habitat and appearance, a fun "interview" with each animal and a glossary of terms.
• The author consulted with Darryl Gwynne, PhD, an expert in animal behavior, who is an emeritus professor of biology at the University of Toronto.
Erin Silver is the author of several books for young readers, including Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet, Sitting Shiva and Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam. Erin's journalistic work has appeared in everything from the Washington Post and the Globe and Mail to Harper's Bazaar and Good Housekeeping. She has a postgraduate journalism degree and an MFA in creative nonfiction from King's College. Erin lives in Toronto.
Hayden Maynard is a Canadian illustrator who graduated from Sheridan College's Illustration program. His clients include the New York Times, The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest and the Washington Post. Hayden lives in Kingston, Ontario.
Learn about the wild, wacky and downright disgusting ways some animals react out of fear.
Are you afraid of the dark? Of getting lost? Or of something you saw in a movie? Maybe someone laughed at you for being scared or called you a chicken. That's okay! In fact, it's how humans stay safe in scary situations.
While people might run or scream, animals have amazing ways of protecting themselves when they're afraid. Fulmar birds vomit, Texas horned lizards shoot blood from their eyes and hagfish slime their enemies. Full of incredible and sometimes gross animal facts, Mighty Scared explores how mammals, insects, fish and birds around the world respond when scary predators are near.
Key Selling Points
• This is a fact-filled STEM picture book that explores the unique and sometimes disgusting ways different mammals, insects, fish and birds respond when they're scared, and how those reactions compare to the human response to fear.
• The book allows young readers to discover how much we have in common with other animals and why being scared is natural and helpful.
• Includes fascinating and gross examples in nature, such as a seagull that throws up, a lizard that shoots blood from its eyes, bees that cook their enemies, eels who fry their enemies, and bugs that suck out their enemies' insides with their noses and then wear their shell on their back.
• Features additional facts about each animal, including habitat and appearance, a fun "interview" with each animal and a glossary of terms.
• The author consulted with Darryl Gwynne, PhD, an expert in animal behavior, who is an emeritus professor of biology at the University of Toronto.
Erin Silver is the author of several books for young readers, including Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet, Sitting Shiva and Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam. Erin's journalistic work has appeared in everything from the Washington Post and the Globe and Mail to Harper's Bazaar and Good Housekeeping. She has a postgraduate journalism degree and an MFA in creative nonfiction from King's College. Erin lives in Toronto.
Hayden Maynard is a Canadian illustrator who graduated from Sheridan College's Illustration program. His clients include the New York Times, The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest and the Washington Post. Hayden lives in Kingston, Ontario.