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"Did you know that out of the 3,000 species of snakes, most snakes are harmless to humans?... Learn about snakes' physical characteristics, where they live, and how they give birth... Read about how they move with no arms or legs and how they eat. Snakes hunt using camouflage, constriction, venom, a...

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Main Author: Gibbons, Gail (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2025]
Edition:New and updated [edition].
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Snakes > Juvenile nonfiction.
Reptiles > Juvenile nonfiction.
Informational works. > Juvenile.
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Summary:"Did you know that out of the 3,000 species of snakes, most snakes are harmless to humans?... Learn about snakes' physical characteristics, where they live, and how they give birth... Read about how they move with no arms or legs and how they eat. Snakes hunt using camouflage, constriction, venom, and more."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Originally published in 2007.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Audience:Age 4-8.
ISBN:9780823461127
0823461122
Author Notes:Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests.

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