What is bat poop used for? How do dogs sweat? Which reptile has three eyes? Young readers can discover amazing, shocking and totally gross facts about animals in this entertaining book. Featuring laugh-out-loud illustrations, this awesome and accessible fact book gives the low-down on some of the weirdest, most remarkable creatures in the world, as well as your pets at home! Includes: • Crazy creatures: komodo dragons, king cobras, duckbilled platypus... • Peculiar pets: dogs, cats, hamsters... • Feathered facts: eagles, penguins, owls... • Creepy crawlies: spiders, cockroaches, scorpions... • Slimy stuff: leeches, worms, frogs... With fabulous facts and stats that are great for sharing, this book introduces young minds to the natural world in an engaging and memorable way. Perfect for curious kids aged 7+. ABOUT THE SERIES: Big Ideas! is a dynamic, high-energy, "fun fact", educational series for children aged seven and up, illustrated throughout with humorous cartoons. Packed with surprising facts, stats, and records that kids will just love to share, it revels in all things weird, unexpected, mind-blowing, funny, and gross!

Once again, Bidner has created a delightful study that presents scientific information in a fun and accessible way. Children will enjoy learning how their cuddly domesticated kitties evolved from bigger, more ferocious cats, and what traits they still have in common with lions, tigers, panthers, and the rest of the feline family. Everything about the book is appealing, from the attractive self-contained spreads to the captions, bold headers, and blurbs that communicate concepts quickly.

Hardly a day goes by without news of the extinction or endangerment of yet another animal species, followed by urgent but largely unheeded calls for action. An eloquent denunciation of the failures of Canada's government and society to protect wildlife from human exploitation, Max Foran's The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife argues that a root cause of wildlife depletions and habitat loss is the culturally ingrained beliefs that underpin management practices and policies. Tracing the evolution of the highly contestable assumptions that define the human–wildlife relationship, Foran stresses the price wild animals pay for human self-interest. Using several examples of government oversight at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels, from the Species at Risk Act to the Biodiversity Strategy, Protected Areas Network, and provincial management plans, this volume shows that wildlife policies are as much – or more – about human needs, priorities, and profit as they are about preservation. Challenging established concepts including ecological integrity, adaptive management, sport hunting as conservation, and the flawed belief that wildlife is a renewable resource, the author compels us to recognize animals as sentient individuals and as integral components of complex ecological systems. A passionate critique of contemporary wildlife policy, The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife calls for belief-change as the best hope for an ecologically healthy, wildlife-rich Canada.

Do you grow taller in space? Can you hammer in a nail with a banana? Which animal has attractive farts? Packed with 513 questions and answers, young readers can discover amazing, shocking and totally gross facts all about animals science, space, and the human body in this entertaining book. Featuring laugh-out-loud illustrations, this awesome and accessible fact book will amaze and delight readers young and old. Perfect for curious kids aged 7+

"Sometimes our ideas and feelings are just too powerful to hold inside. Our thoughts rush out, but not always in the right way or the right time. In this sweet, funny tale, a child discovers a simple way to manage those emotions and ideas, and how to wait for the best moment to share them!"--Page 4 of cover.

A Pawsitively Purrfect trilogy featuring the matchmaking cats of the goddesses and the humans they’re determined to mate-match. Jackson is the sheriff of his shifter town in Catnapped. He deals with people all day long and for the most part, enjoys his job. Until the crazy human who just moved to town reports a catnapping. He’s not exactly leaping at the opportunity to track down a missing pet. Then he discovers the crazy human is his mate. Jefferson isn't happy when his sister-in-law hires a new receptionist for his auto repair shop without first consulting him in The Real McCat. He’s even more annoyed when he realizes the new hire is a bear, and not just any bear. She’s Kate Worcester of the Worcester bears and even worse, the only sister of Mason Worcester, the scariest grizzly of them all. And to top it all off, Jefferson’s pretty sure Kate Worcester is his mate. Mason's fallen in love with a kitten named Cleocatra in Unbearably Cute. Too bad his new brother-in-law refuses to share her. Determined to adopt his own kittens, Mason visits a local animal shelter, but is turned away by the woman in charge, who claims that no bears need apply. Rude! Who does this woman think she is? Especially since Mason is pretty sure she's a bear herself. Even if she does keep denying it. Either way, those kittens are his and no woman is standing in his way, no matter how sexy she is. These matches are off to a rocky start and it's up to the matchmaking cats of Pawsitively Purrfect Matches and the earthbound cats they've recruited to ensure these humans and shifters achieve their happily furever afters.