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Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs
Written By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated By: Stephanie Laberis
Peachtree, 2018.

"[This book] introduces young readers to a variety of animal underdogs and explains how characteristics that might seem like weaknesses are critical for finding food and staying safe in an eat-or-be-eaten world."--Publisher description.
Written By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated By: Higgins Bond
Peachtree, 2012. 

Examines the ecosystems that support the survival of bats as well as efforts to save the mammals, introducing readers to ways human action or inaction can affect bat populations.
Written By: Melissa Stewart
National Geographic Partners, 2017.

Find out what happens when predator is pitted against predator in this exciting, informative reader. The Level 1 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information about some of the world's most amazing creatures for beginning readers.

Written By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated By: Steve Jenkins
Simon & Schuster, 2021. 

In Manu National Park in Peru, an amazing fourteen different species of monkeys live together. That's more than in any other rainforest in the world! How can they coexist so well? Find out in this lyrical, rhyming picture book that explores each monkey's habits, diet, and home, illustrating how this delicate ecosystem and its creatures live together in harmony.
Written By: Melissa Stewart
National Geographic, 2020. 

"From award-winning author Melissa Stewart comes the grossest journey through the animal world you'll ever take. From ants to zebras, get ready to discover some seriously strange animal behaviors. Slurp up soupy insides with houseflies, spit sticky saliva to build nests with birds, and fend off predators with poop-flinging caterpillars and farting snakes. And that's just the tip of the dung pile! These yucky habits may seem surprising to us, but they're totally normal for these animals. In fact, their survival depends on them."-- Provided by publisher.

Written By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated By: Sarah S. Brannen
Charlesbridge, 2021. 

"All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures. From the ladybug to the salamander, from the lungfish to the desert hedgehog, twelve estivating animals and their habits--both when sleeping and awake--are explained through clear text and elegant watercolor illustrations that create a scrapbook feel"-- Provided by publisher.
Written By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated By: Steve Jenkins
Beach Lane Books, 2017. 

"A non-fiction look at the sounds that animals make and the reasons behind them."-- Provided by publisher.
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