How & Why Books

This Springboards into Science Series provides a very close look at some of the most interesting characteristics and lifestyles nature has to offer. In How & Why, Dwight Kuhn’s remarkably detailed close-up photography puts young readers face-to-face with poisonous animals and insect-eating plants. Each volume’s easy-to-understand text and full-color photographs are designed to fascinate, as well as educate.Producing poison is one of nature’s ways for animals to protect and defend themselves. Find out how and why animals such as snakes, shrews, spiders, and scorpions make and use their poisons.