Survival of the Fittest: Marvelous Medical Technology

In this second installment of this full-color graphic novel chapter book, explore medical marvels and discover all that animals can do in a science competition!

Welcome back to Survival of the Fittest! Here, animals of all sizes and skills compete to see who can come up with the most useful and clever design for a product based on something in the natural world. Today’s theme is: Medical Marvels!

Dive in with Mosquito, Sea Urchin, Octopus, and more as they present inventions inspired by their own unique anatomy. From sticky suction cups to water-repellent skin, who will impress the sharks the most?

Rebecca Donnelly is the author of many best-loved books for children, including Cats Are a Liquid (nominated for the Mewbery Award), How Slippery Is a Banana Peel?, and Super Spaghetti. Her debut middle-grade novel, How to Stage a Catastrophe, was an Indies Introduce/Kids’ Indie Next Pick. Rebecca lives in and writes from northern New York. rebeccadonnellywrites.com

Misa Saburi was born in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She currently lives in Brooklyn where she illustrates children’s books, including the Bearnard Books and Cats Are a Liquid. misasaburi.com