Animal Legs

Mary Holland has a gift for capturing details in her photographs that one's eye simply can not see and she uses these wonderfully detailed photographs to tell the story of how insect and animal legs are unique to their very specific needs. Their feet and legs move, clutch, taste, and capture enablin......more

Although humans can use their feet and legs to perform various functions, mostly just to move around, animals such as moles use their feet and legs to dig through the soil while ruffled grouse grow extra flaps on their feet to enable them to grip the ice during the winter. The books contains short d......more

This photo illustrated exploration of the shape and function of animal legs covers a wide variety of animals. For each animal, there is a large picture of the animal that includes the leg and foot. The advantages of that particular shape of leg/foot are explained in the text. Curious children will l......more

This is a wonderful book for children who love science and animals. The book contains many interesting facts about the use of each animal or insects legs. The large beautiful photos of the animals and insects along with their feet take up a large part of each page. There is a lot of factual informati......more