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Dart! An orange and white striped fish shoots straight into a tangle of venomous tentacles that would paralyze almost any other creature. It's a clownfish, and those tentacles are its home. If your child thinks clownfish are just colorful reef fish, this book is about to change everything. Clownfish dads guard their eggs without eating for an entire week, fanning them with their fins day and night. If the female dies, the male can change sex and become the new female -- but cannot change back. Clownfish poop helps feed their anemone, paying rent with fertilizer. Their slime coat is three to four times thicker than any other fish, which is the only thing standing between them and a fatal sting. Every page delivers something your child will want to run and share. ""The Nature Kid's Guide to Clownfish"" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know the real story behind one of the ocean's most surprising partnerships. How does a baby clownfish build up its slime shield slowly enough to move into a deadly anemone without getting stung? Why does a clownfish group fall apart completely when it loses its female? What makes the bond between a clownfish and its anemone one of the most remarkable relationships in the natural world? Your child will find out, and they will never look at a coral reef the same way again. Short sentences and surprising facts build reading confidence while keeping even older kids hooked from first page to last. Chapters cover everything from reef life and family order to the love dance, egg guarding, and the threats facing coral reefs around the world today. A book for every kid who thinks clownfish are the coolest fish in the sea. Clownfish are out there right now tucked into stinging tentacles on reefs across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, cleaning their anemones and chasing off fish ten times their size. That is the kind of wonder that sticks. Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child is next!

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