Summertime sleepers : animals that estivate / Melissa Stewart ; illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen.

Estivation is just like hibernation - only it happens in summer instead of winter. Why do some animals settle into cool, snug spots and sink into a summertime sleep? Because it's too hot for their bodies to function, or their food is in short supply. Some estivating animals sleep groups; others rest...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Stewart, Melissa (Author)
Corporate Author: Charlesbridge (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Brannen, Sarah S. (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2021]
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Dormancy (Biology) > Juvenile literature.
Sleep behavior in animals > Juvenile literature.
Metabolism > Regulation > Juvenile literature.
Animal behavior > Juvenile literature.
Dormancy (Biology)
Animals > Sleep behavior.
Metabolism > Regulation.
Animals > Behavior.
Dormance > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Sommeil chez les animaux > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Métabolisme > Régulation > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Anatomy & Physiology.
Animal behavior.
Sleep behavior in animals.
Metabolism.
Picture books.
Instructional and educational works.
Juvenile works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Livres d'images.
Dust jackets > 2021.
Dust jackets.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Picture books.
Instructional and educational works.
Juvenile works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Livres d'images.
Dust jackets
Dust jackets.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 26 cm
Format: Book

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