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Death Adders
By Davy Sweazey
Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether Media, 2014. Informational. 24 pages.

Learn about how death adders live and hunt. --Editor

Florida's Burmese Pythons: Squeezing the Everglades
By Miriam Aronin
New York: Bearport Publishing, 2016. Informational. 32 pages.

In this book, readers learn how the Burmese Python is an invasive species in the state of Florida. -- Publisher

Cottonmouth
By Deb Tuttle Nelson
North Mankato, MN: Rourke Educational Media, 2019. Informational. 32 pages.

Meet the stealthy cottonmouth and learn how it can hunt in the dark and under water, hatch eggs without a nest, and scare away threats in surprising ways! You'll also learn to spot the differences between this venomous snake and harmless water snakes. --Publisher

Snakes
By Nic Bishop
New York: Scholastic Nonfiction, 2012. Informational. 48 pages.

Join acclaimed naturalist and photographer Nic Bishop as he explores the scary world of snakes. --Editor

Rattlesnake vs. Secretary Bird
Written by Jerry Pallotta
Illustrated by Rob Bolster
New York: Scholastic, 2016. Informational. 32 pages.

Check out how these amazing real life creatures match up. Who's the strongest, fastest, biggest and baddest? In a fight to the finish, who would win? --Editor

Where Are You?
By Sarah Williamson
New York: Knopf, 2017. Picture Book.

A little green snake wants to spend the day with a little pink snake, but they get separated. The search takes them around the park, on a bicycle, and many more surprising places on a summer day. --Editor

That's Mine!
By Michel van Zeveren
Wellington, NZ: Gecko Press, 2013. Picture Book.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, a little frog finds an egg. "That's mine!" he says. But the snake wants his egg, and so does the eagle, and so does the lizard. --Editor

Boa's Bad Birthday
Written by Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Tony Ross
Minneapolis, MN: Anderson Press USA, 2014. Picture Book.

Boa is hoping to enjoy his best birthday ever, but most of his friends' gifts are very disappointing. --Editor




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