Starting four hundred million years ago, looks at the largest animals on Earth--from mammoths and lizards, to beavers and pterodaurs--with a central gatefold illustrating the timeline of Earth and the size of these giants in comparison to each other and to humans.
"How do tiny creatures stay safe or hunt for their lunch? To survive you need a superpower! Discover how some creatures have spring-loaded jumps, or microscopic toxic darts while others wear a scary costume or a suit of armor. Enter the world of some of the smallest creatures on our planet and you'll see that maybe it's not so tough to be tiny after all!"--Back cover.
"Did you know there is a type of angler fish that is less than a quarter of an inch big? Or, that a whale shark is as large as a school bus? What do these animals look like and where do they live? Look inside to discover which of the ten fish in this book are very small and which ones are really big!"--Provided by publisher.
"Tired of missing out on good things because he is the smallest and youngest in his family, Ravi turns into a tiger and gets what he wants with a great roar"--Provided by publisher.
A tribute to all the special things in the world, whether big, small or somewhere in-between, from the hole in the donut to the way the Moon looks through a telescope, and a boat below the sky and above the waves.
