Book description
Did you know that a tiny golf ball-sized creature called the blue-ringed octopus contains enough venom to kill 26 adult humans? Or why the Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most dangerous creatures in the world? In this Level 3 book, kids will be fascinated by 12 speciesā¦
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Why read it?
1 author picked National Geographic Kids Readers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Deadliest AnimalsĀ is a good introduction to the National Geographic Kids series of softcover science readers, as kids are most drawn to animals that are either cuddly or poisonous.
These Net Geo readers are divided into Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3, with titles including Planets, Dinosaurs, Sea Otters, Trucks, Ancient Egypt, and more.
The text and illustrations are magazine-style and fairly straightforward, but theyāre colorful, well-researched, and thankfully inexpensive.
From Ethlie's list on The best kids books I wish were around when I was a kid.
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