The Best Predator and Prey Books for Kids

A backyard jumping spider stalks a fly in a world where a blade of grass is a tree and every vibration matters.

A silver-tongued spider invites a fly into his parlor, and every lovely compliment tightens the trap.

A fox thinks a piglet has walked into his kitchen; the piglet has a much better understanding of whose lucky day it is.

A lion’s party guests keep disappearing, the page keeps emptying, and the explanation refuses to stay solved.

Terror birds, giant snakes, and saber-toothed fish take the spotlight from the usual prehistoric celebrity, T. rex.

Thirteen flies disappear by web, tongue, beak, trap, and fungus in a countdown that gets stranger at every number.

Remove sharks from the ocean, and the consequences travel down the food web from seals to fish to plankton.

From sunrise to midnight, nearly everyone at Butternut Hollow Pond is hunting, hiding, eating, or narrowly escaping.

From a giant prehistoric sea scorpion to modern lions and orcas, these are the hunters with nobody above them on the menu.

Hoot Owl has the confidence of a master hunter and the disguises of an owl who has never met a rabbit.

Fourteen animal encounters pair a predator’s attack with the prey’s defense — and the outcome is never guaranteed.

Jack and Annie’s fact guide moves beyond shark teeth to lions, crocodiles, hunting tactics, and the job predators do in a habitat.