lovely world of Chirri and Chirra

with a simple name like the other girls--why couldn't her parents have named her Megan or Bella

* Connection: Co-parents stay present and mindful with their child to help them process their emotions and to build secure attachment

Of being blamed for bringing diseases into the country

will have readers reaching for scraps to make their own rag rug

When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses Children's Central & South America Books lovely world of Chirri andThe octopus spies a nice, tasty mantis shrimp. It swims over for a closer look at the small creature. ThenWHAM!the mantis shrimp strikes a nasty blow with its hammer like forelimb. The octopus shrinks back, defeated. That wasn't such an easy meal after all . . . In nature, good defenses can mean the difference between surviving a predator's attack and becoming its lunch. Some animals rely on sharp teeth and claws or camouflage. But that's only the