Rachel Poliquin

Ostriches (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This third installment in the hilariousand highly-illustrated full-color Superpower Field Guide series features the silly-looking, surprisingly fierceOstrich.This two-toed torpedo may have the largest eyes of any animal on dry land, but it can outrun most horses! Meet Eno, an ordinary ostrich living in the Serengeti, a corner of the African savanna. But theres something you should know: Even ordinary ostriches are extraordinary. And that includes Eno. I know what you're thinking.You're thinking that ostriches are just overgrown chickens with ridiculous necks, skinny legs, and bad attitudes. And you're right! Believe it or not, that neck helps ostriches run at supersonic speeds.Those skinny legs can kill a lion dead. And these are only a few weapons in Enosarsenal of superfierce survival skillsEno has Colossal Orbs of Telescopic Vision,the Impossible Ever-Flow Lung,the Egg of Wonder, and so many more. You're still not convinced that ostriches are superpowered, are you? Well, you don't know ostriches yet. But you will.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780358164371
• Artikelnr.: 59617254

Autorenporträt

Rachel Poliquin is a writer engaged in all things orderly and disorderly in the natural world. With a cross-disciplinary background in visual arts and cultural and natural history, she holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of British Columbia and a postdoctoral degree in history from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Poliquin is the author of the Superpower Field Guide series, and has also written for Science Friday, The Believer magazine, and the New York Times. Twitter: @ravishingbeasts Instagram: @rachelpoliquin Nicholas John Frith is the author-illustrator of Hector and Hummingbird, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's book Prize 2016 and winner of the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize, as well as the book Hello, Mr. Dodo! and the Superpower Field Guide series. He lives and works on the coast of Dorset, England. www.nicholasjohnfrith.com Twitter: @njfrith