Now You See Them, Now You Don't: Poems About Creatures That Hide

Find me if you can. . .
for if you don’t,
I’ll be here tomorrow . . .
you won’t.

Animals and insects use camouflage to hide from hunters or to ambush prey. Stealth is a very useful technique when it comes to survival. In this fun and informative collection of poems, we meet animals such as the polar bear and the octopus; the ghost crab and the copperhead snake; and many more that use camouflage to hunt or to hide.

Giles Laroche’s intricate cut-paper illustrations are beautiful and life-...