This innovative book combines the elements of a picture book--exciting stories, poems, and artwork--with elements of nonfiction--intriguing facts and ideas about guinea pigs.

Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of a Giant Octopus and how she searches for a home at the bottom of the ocean, lays her eggs and protects them from predators until they can hatch.

A mother and child watch as tadpoles develop and grow into frogs.

Presents an introduction to the different species of sharks, pointing out such characteristics as the small size of the dwarf lantern shark and the physical characteristics and behavior that makes sharks killing machines.

One winter, a grandfather and his small grandchild find an owl roost, open owl pellets, install a nest box and watch patiently until spring when they are rewarded with the sight of owls, hunting in their fields and feeding a family in the box they have provided.