Bats are among the world's most misunderstood animals. This Parents' Choice Award book gives readers an inside look at the earth's only flying mammals. Readers discover how bats can pluck insects from the air, fish from the water, and help giant trees and other tropical plants to reproduce, among other fascinating facts. Featuring stunning illustrations, this is a great introduction to an extraordinary mammal.

In this nonfiction picture book Pringle describes the varieties, physical features, and behavior of whales; he includes information on the history of whaling and explains how conservation can help the whale population to recover. Full color.

Laurence Pringle's fascinating and informative book, with stunning illustrations by Meryl Henderson, introduces young readers to the life and behavior of one of nature's most remarkableand most popularbirds. The seventeen species of penguin come in all sizes and live in a surprising range of habitats. Readers familiar with the emperor penguin that stands almost four feet tall and lives in the Antarctic may be surprised to encounter the little blue penguin that s only about sixteen inches high and hops ashore into the green forests of southern Australia and southern New Zealand. This book is...

This highly engaging exploration of the concept of evolution lays out the history of life on earth-what we know and how we know it.