Supermoms!: Animal Heroes

Supermoms!: Animal Heroes is a vibrant and engaging nonfiction picture book that introduces young readers to the diverse and often astonishing ways animal mothers care for their offspring. Through comics-style panels, the book highlights various species, such as emperor penguins, American alligators, and piping plovers, showcasing their unique and heroic parenting strategies. It's filled with fascinating facts presented with a light, humorous touch, making complex natural behaviors accessible and entertaining for children aged 4-11. The back matter includes additional 'super' qualities of some animals and resources for budding naturalists, making it a great educational tool that also celebrates the universal theme of parental love.

In comics-style panels full of facts and humor, this lively picture book investigates the amazing lengths animal mothers go to in caring for their young. An emperor penguin mom treks up to fifty miles to bring food to her hungry chick. A toothy American alligator carefully carries hatchlings in her mouth, shuttling them safely to the water. A piping plover uses her best acting skills to feign an injury, luring predators away from her offspring. Whether building elaborate burrows, forgoing food for months on end to feed their cubs, toting hundreds of spiderlings on their backs, conducting patient swimming lessons, or fearlessly kicking away hyenas, mothers in the animal kingdom—whatever their species—give it their all (and then some!) to keep their little ones safe, fed, and ready to face the world on their own. This first book in a young series on animal science includes in its back matter a look at the “super” qualities of some of the animals and offers a collection of resources for budding naturalists.