Jan Paul Schutten has been writing children's nonfiction books since 2003. His books are popular and critically acclaimed; he has won several awards including the Gouden Griffel (Golden Stylus) for his book Children of Amsterdam.

Arie van ’t Riet is a Dutch artist and medical physicist who uses X-ray equipment to create “bioramas”—X-ray portraits of animals and plants. While teaching the physics of radiation and radiation safety, he became interested in the application of low-energy X-rays to capture delicate objects. Arie van ’t Riet is “inspired by the unbelievable beauty of nature... and its wonderful complexity.”

First, a few words . . .
Hey, wait a minute. What exactly are X-ray photographs?

Arthropods and mollusks
The scorpion: What a cutie!
The giant prawn: Underwater knights
The bumblebee: Buzzing hourglasses
The dragonfly: Born stunt pilots
The butterfly: Bodybuilding caterpillars
The centipede: A head with legs
The snail: The mushiest mollusk

Fish
The eel: Swimming serpents
The silver pomfret: A bit of fish with your bones?
The roach and the perch: Fishy failures
The garfish and the barracuda: Sleek and speedy
The small-spotted catshark: Just a big old pussycat!
The John Dory: An underwater vacuum cleaner
The anglerfish: Fish that go fishing
The catfish: Who are you calling a tongue?
The sole: Art and sole
The ray: Bend or break
The seahorse: The odd fish out

Amphibians
The marsh frog: Why frogs are more skillful than princes
The tree frog: Eating with your eyes

Reptiles
The tegu: Tegunosaurus rex
The bearded dragon: A spiny beard
The long-tailed grass lizard: Snakes with legs
The monitor lizard and the python: A legless lizard
The crocodile and the python: A couple of losers
The chameleon: The tongue of death
The red-eared slider turtle: Cold-blooded centenarians
The constrictor: The bigger the appetite, the bigger the mouth

Birds
The barn owl: Big guy, huh?
The wagtail: Swimming in the air
The long-eared owl: Back-to-front knees
The buzzard: Out of hand
The pheasant: Mini-ostriches
The jay: Sleeping on one leg
The duck: Land-air-and-water birds
Songbirds: Spot the differences

Mammals
The bat: Flap your hands
The mouse: Super-mice
The rat: Family feud
The shrew and the vole: A case of mistaken identity
The rabbit and the hare: Same but different
The mole: Mammals never have more than five fingers (even when they have six)
The hedgehog: A prickly mole
The weasel: As wise as a weasel
The squirrel: Handy little monsters
The fox: The tale of a tail
The deer: Living skeletons
The squirrel monkey: Monkey brains!

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