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(0)Eleanor Spicer Rice
Author
Series
Your hidden life volume 1
Publisher
MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 161 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that you're surrounded by microbes? They're on your body, in your body, and on every body! In fact, only about half of our bodies' cells are human cells--the rest are microbes. From the ways they help us digest our food to the ways they control critters and creatures (zombie flies, anyone?), microbes form an unseen jungle around us. Complete with zany, gross facts, hilarious and sometimes disgusting illustrations, and interviews with...
Author
Series
Your hidden life volume 2
Publisher
MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 215 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Butt-sniffing dogs. Terrified tarantulas. Canaries with invisible force fields? Yep--it turns out our pets experience the world in totally different ways than we do. Unlock some of your nonhuman family members' wildest behaviors in this hilarious (and sometimes shiver-worthy) illustrated guide to their secret lives, complete with exciting interviews with the scientists who research them. From fierce hamster stink wars to the hidden wild side of Bubbles...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spiders have a problem, and its us. Despite their magnificent talents for crafting webs, capturing mosquitoes, and camouflage, for millennia arachnophobia has hampered our ability to appreciate these eight-legged and -eyed marvels. Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Spiders provides an eye-opening arachnological overview of the natural history of species most noted by project participants, showcasing some of the fascinating spiders found in our attics and...
