The Ultimate Flamingo Book for Kids: 100+ Amazing Facts, Why They're Pink, How They Feed & Colony Life for Ages 8-12 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783690631204)

What if we told you flamingos are born completely white and gray?

Or that they can only eat upside down? Or that they're tougher than they look, surviving in lakes so toxic the water would burn your skin?

Flamingos are full of surprises. And The Ultimate Flamingo Book for Kids uncovers every single one.

Packed with 100+ jaw-dropping facts, real photographs, and a quiz to test your knowledge, this is the book for curious kids aged 8-12 who want to know the real story behind one of nature's most recognizable birds.

Inside you'll discover:

★ The pink secret - why the food they eat slowly colors their feathers, bills, and legs from the inside out

★ The upside-down beak - how their weirdly shaped bill works like a built-in filter for shrimp and algae

★ Flamingo day-care - how colonies of up to a million birds raise their chicks together in noisy, chaotic creches

★ The one-leg mystery - scientists finally figured out why they do it, and the answer isn't what you'd expect

★ Extreme survivors - how flamingos thrive in soda lakes that would blister human skin

★ Species from around the world - from the Caribbean to the Andes to Africa's Great Rift Valley

★ A fun quiz - how much did you actually learn?

With stunning full-color photography and writing that makes the science genuinely exciting, this is the flamingo book kids will actually read cover to cover - and then go tell everyone what they learned.

Perfect for: nature lovers aged 8-12 - bird fans - school projects - the perfect gift

Part of the Animal Books for Kids series, loved by young readers around the world.