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Audiobook

Animal adaptations

Call Number

  • J VOX 591.4 SPIL (OSH)

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Edition

[VOX Books edition].

Performers

Read by Casey Holloway.

Publication Information

[Fairfax, Virginia] : [Library Ideas, LLC], 2021.

Physical Description

1 audio-enabled book (32 pages) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Summary

The leafy sea dragon and other masters of camouflage blend in so well with their surroundings that they become nearly invisible. Inflatable animals like the puffer fish blow up to the point of shapeshifting. Growing readers will discover how animal adaptations are much like superpowers.

Notes

"VOX Books".

Book originally published: Minneapolis, MN : Bellwether Media, 2017.

"The permanently attached VOX Reader transforms an ordinary print book into an all-in-one read-along. There's no need for computers, tablets or CDs. Children simply push a button to listen and read"--Publisher's website.

VOX Audio playback device includes headphone jack, external speaker, play/pause button, volume controls, page-turning controls, rechargeable battery, low battery indicator, and removable AC adapter.

Contents

  • Ready for anything!
  • Elephant's trunk
  • Flying squirrel's extra skin
  • Thorny devil's spines
  • Tarsier's eyes
  • Walrus's tusks
  • Leafy sea dragon's camouflage
  • Flatfish's shape
  • Pufferfish's inflation
  • Scorpion's tail
  • Grasshopper's legs
  • Frilled lizard's frill
  • Engineered to survive.

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