Zap! A sticky tongue shoots out faster than a jet plane. A cricket never saw it coming. Snap! The tongue snaps back, and lunch is over in a blink. That's a chameleon, and it's just getting warmed up.

If your child is fascinated by animals with secret powers, chameleons are the ultimate package. These incredible lizards can look in two directions at once, change color in twenty seconds, and launch tongues longer than their own bodies to snag bugs from thirty feet away. Some are smaller than a grape. Others grow as long as a house cat.

"The Nature Kid's Guide to Chameleons" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know how these color-shifting tree dwellers pull off their amazing tricks. Why don't they actually change color to match their surroundings? How do their mitten-shaped feet grip branches like clamps? Why do baby chameleons never meet their parents but still know how to hunt minutes after hatching? Your child will uncover the answers and want to share them at dinner.

Short sentences and jaw-dropping facts fill every page. Your child will learn about tongues that go from zero to sixty in a hundredth of a second, eggs that take two years to hatch, and a rocking walk designed to look like a leaf in the breeze.

A book for kids who love animals with wild abilities hiding in plain sight.

Chameleons play dead for thirty minutes, puff up to scare off predators, and sleep twelve hours a night without ever letting go of their branch. Every page shows your child a creature that proves the coolest superpowers come in small packages. That's the kind of reading that sticks.

Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child's next favorite animal is waiting.