Which creature is the deadliest? Is it the insect that bites, the ostrich that kicks, the snake that squeezes, or the shrew that paralyzes? Is it the most venomous, the most poisonous, or the one that infects its victims with a fatal disease? Fascinating facts and spectacular illustrations will inspire young readers to choose which creature they think is the deadliest in this newest picture book collaboration between Guiberson and Spirin.

Chronicles the miracle of survival of an emperor penguin egg, laid in the middle of winter in the coldest place on Earth, describing the behavior of the father emperor penguin whose task it is to care for the egg until it hatches.