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Description
The book describes seventeen fish species with unusual characteristics and habits. It explores fish that can spit, fly, climb trees, inflate like balloons, and survive outside water. The text is written at a third-grade reading level for younger readers. Each fish is presented with its remarkable abilities and natural behaviors.
Quick Summary
This book reveals fish that do things you would never believe, like shooting water at bugs to knock them into the ocean, flying through the air, and inflating themselves into spiky balloons to scare away predators. Kids will love the jawfish that carries its eggs in its mouth, the mudskipper that hops around on land like a tiny amphibian, and the anglerfish with a glowing lure that hangs out of its head like a built-in fishing rod. If your kid loves the weird animal facts in the National Geographic Kids series or enjoys giggling at gross science in Dog Man, they will be hooked on these unbelievable underwater creatures. With a 3.3 AR level and short chapters, this is ideal for kids in kindergarten through third grade who want to impress friends with the strangest fish facts they have ever heard.