Creatures That Glow

by Anita Ganeri

Creatures that Glow illuminates the mysterious world of bioluminescence - the ability of living things to make their own light. Clear text and captions explain how and why some fish and other animals produce these dazzling effects and uncover the strange lives they lead. Each creature is illustrated in superb, close-up detail against a black background for spectacular effect.
After you have closed this enthralling book, you can hang up the removable glow-in-the-dark poster of bioluminescent marine creatures - a radiant display of nature's most striking phenomena.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens

30 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Anita Ganeri is a highly experienced author of children’s information books, specialising in religion, India/Asia, multiculturalism, geography, biography and natural history. She became a freelance writer after working at Walker Books (as foreign rights manager) and Usborne Publishing (as an editor). Since then, she has written over 300 titles, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series for Scholastic. The series won the Geographical Association Silver Award in 1999 and was cited as being ‘an innovation that all geographers will applaud’. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society where she conducts most of her research for the books.

Reviews

[Eric Shi · Rating 2 out of 5]

okay

[Unreliable NarraTBR · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is fun!!

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spooky but light with a sense to it, this is very exotic indeed! I liked the exaggeration, but the pictures--- eh, a little on the spooky side, like seeing the ocean on GPS real close. Anyhow, this makes up for its scariness. I enjoyed looking at how the animals dwelled and lived. I did NOT purify the ewwy parts, like the gnat.
There is a rare element inside this book that I like that makes it unique: the feel of the pages, which motivated me to read this book.

[Bree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Notes:
extra large book with larger than life illustrations
fascinatingly ugly creatures
fold out 'poster' with glowing outlines
mostly deep sea animals