Spiked Scorpions & Walking Whales: Modern Animals, Ancient Animals and Water cover

Spiked Scorpions & Walking Whales: Modern Animals, Ancient Animals and Water

Author: Eamer, Claire

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 7.2
Points 3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 17603
Points per Word 0.00017
Page Count 100
Points per Page 0.03

Description

This book explores the connections between six groups of animals, describing ancient animals from the sea and their modern-day counterparts.

Quick Summary

This book reveals the mind-blowing connections between ancient sea creatures and their modern relatives, showing how a giant spiked scorpion is cousin to today's tiny arachnids and how a whale-sized ocean reptile is related to the dolphins at the aquarium. Kids will love the weird facts and shocking transformations, like discovering that the fierce "walking whale" ancestor had legs and that massive prehistoric sea scorpions once ruled the oceans. If your kid devours the "Who Would Win?" series or loves learning weird animal facts, this book is their next obsession. Perfect for curious readers in grades 4-7 who want to impress friends with the coolest animal transformations ever.