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K-Gr 4 Markle knows how to find just the right balance of facts for her intended audience and has selected stunning, full-color photographs to complement her texts. The focus of these books is on how the animals deal with predators. "Musk Oxen" is the only one in which they are actually being eaten, though there are no gory illustrations. Their defenses include the circling herd protection and wicked horns. Even still, a pack of wolves can cull out a young or weak herd member and concentrate ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

With straightforward writing, Markle describes how musk oxen, with sharp horns and hooves, and porcupines, with barbed quills, defend themselves from enemi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More