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Little monsters of the ocean : metamorphosis under the waves / Heather L. Montgomery.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2019]Description: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541528987
  • 1541528980
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Beware -- Monster madness -- Who morphs and how? -- Surf's up, dude -- Stuck in the mud -- Mother knows best -- Growing up wild -- Morphing mysteries.
Summary: "Metamorphosis can be found throughout nature beyond just caterpillars and tadpoles. This fresh spin on the highly curricular topic explores some of the ocean's most fascinating creatures while explaining how and why these creatures metamorphose."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 591.77 M787 Available 33111009364171
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 591.77 M787 Available 33111009673274
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 591.77 M787 Available 33111008236453
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Bizarre creatures are floating around in our oceans--squishy, slimy, spiky-headed monsters. And they're not even grown up yet! These kids have to go through some drastic changes before they get to be adults.



Everyone knows that caterpillars and tadpoles go through metamorphosis, but so do some of the most monstrous creatures under the sea.



Take the spiky-headed zoea, somersaulting through the water on her way to becoming a blue crab. Or the gnathiid larva that sucks the fluid right out of a fish's eyeball through his needle-like mouth. That is, until he's full enough to become an adult that doesn't eat anything. Or the moon jellyfish that starts off as a small, orange blob and eventually plants itself on the seafloor and produces not one but many adult jellyfish.



Dive deep with these little monsters of the ocean to follow along as they go through drastic changes on their way to growing up.

Ages 9-14.

Grades 4-6.

"Metamorphosis can be found throughout nature beyond just caterpillars and tadpoles. This fresh spin on the highly curricular topic explores some of the ocean's most fascinating creatures while explaining how and why these creatures metamorphose."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beware -- Monster madness -- Who morphs and how? -- Surf's up, dude -- Stuck in the mud -- Mother knows best -- Growing up wild -- Morphing mysteries.

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