Hide Fish Hide!: Sea Creature Camouflage

Award-winning author Derick Wilder delivers this fact-filled fishy tale showcasing the amazing ways marine life can adapt and defend.

It's a beautiful day to be living in the ocean. The sun is shining, and the water is a glorious blue. But wait . . . something big, something hungry, something menacing is approaching. It's a great white shark! Luckily, there's no reason for alarm. From ink-releasing cuttlefish to burrowing flounder to camouflaging leafy dragon, all the local sea creatures seem to have a way to hide from our hungry shark. Well, almost all. Puffer fish finds that all the best hiding places are taken. What can a poor puffer do? As it turns out, Puffer has a trick or two, so Great White isn't guaranteed an easy meal. And the hungry shark soon learns that even big guys need to watch their tails.

Back matter provides additional information about all the crafty ways sea creatures use camouflage to avoid becoming a snack.

Derick Wilder is an author who grew up in and around the ocean in Florida, which helped foster his love of all creatures, whether they swim, slither, sprint, or soar. His picture books include The Longest Letsgoboy (a Margaret Wise Brown Honor Book and an SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner) and Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt (New York Public Library Best New Books for Kids 2022). He now lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina, with a teen who is growing up far too quickly. They share their home with Koda, a Siberian husky, Sammy, a ball python, and Luci, a king snake.

Monika Filipina is a children's book illustrator and author based in Toruń, Poland. She earned her MA in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. Monika has illustrated over 50 books published worldwide, with titles translated into more than 20 languages, and has written and illustrated 11 picture books. Inspired by animals and nature, she works in gouache, pencils, and collage. She lives with her family and an energetic wire-haired dachshund.