Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Animals - General

Have you ever seen a butterfly in the snow?

Probably not. Butterflies can't survive cold weather, so when winter comes, many butterflies fly to warmer places. They migrate. Woodchucks don't like cold weather either but they don't migrate; they hibernate. Woodchucks sleep in their dens all winter long. Read and find out how other animals cope with winter's worst weather.

Did you know that a barn owl has one ear higher than the other? This helps it find squeaking mice that humans can't hear. Baby opossum hang on to their mother's fur for safety. Read and find out more about what nocturnal animals do as we sleep.

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2000 -- selected by Natn'l Science Tchrs Assoc. & Child. Bk Cncl.

Meet some of the fastest animals on earth and learn what makes them run.

Perfect for babies and toddlers, this adorable board book features a wide variety of animals from 'frog' to 'kitten' With bright, easy-to-turn pages and a new animal on every page, this book is an essential addition to any baby's library. The combination of colorful pictures and simple words will help to build your child's vocabulary.

With over 100 first animals to learn, this board book is an essential for every baby's bookshelf. Each page features a new set of beautiful photographs that make learning language fun

NO ONE HAS illustrated animals with as much warmth, humor, and realism as Garth Williams. This classic, full of soft and furry animal babies, features his work at his best. This longtime favorite has been reissued for a new generation of kids who will love to -pet- the animals on each page

Get to know the amazing creatures right outside your door

What do toads like to eat? Why do crickets sing? Why does a firefly glow? If you've ever longed to know more about the habits of the animals and insects that live in your backyard, here's the book you've been waiting for With Backyard Pets, you'll find out how to catch and care for lots of different, easy-to-find critters, from terrific toads to slithering slugs. You'll perform all sorts of investigations and activities, including discovering how snails eat and how caterpillars protect themselves, before you return your...

The smaller North American mammals are so populous and common, so familiar that the average animal lover overlooks them, or fails to distinguish among them. How easy to confuse the Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel with the Least Chipmunk; or mistake a Mink for its Weasel cousin, or a Marten for a Black-footed Ferret. The remedy is observation and instruction all provided by this coloring book. Here are 46 species of mammals common to North America (including Canada and Mexico), rendered for coloring by Elizabeth McClelland, a specialist in zoological and botanical art. Each animal, from the...

Detailed and ready-to-color drawings of 47 species: rhinoceros, snow leopard, giraffe, reindeer, gorilla, tiger, giant panda, elephant, kangaroo, many more. Brief captions describe habits of each species. Colorists will find this volume entertaining and educational; artists and designers will find practical use for the royalty-free illustrations. 40 black-and-white illustrations. Captions.

This entertaining and educational coloring book introduces young nature lovers to more than 45 animals commonly found in the forests of the eastern United States and Canada.
Shown in their natural habitats are the honeybee, black carpenter ant, eastern box turtle, corn snake, luna moth, red fox, cedar waxwing, raccoon, star-nosed mole, silver-haired bat, porcupine, beaver, white-lipped forest snail, acorn moth, a black bear and its cubs, a short-tailed shrew, and many other birds, mammals, and insects. Accurate representations of the yellow birch, highland blueberry, trumpet creeper,...

Scholastic True or False is a science series aimed at second and third graders in a fun question-and-answer format. Each book contains 22 true-or-false questions with a full-color photograph of adorable baby animals, or butterflies and caterpillars, on every page.

In this new "I Spy" book that's just right for the littlest readers, toddlers use the picture clues to search for tiny animals. Full color.

Koko the gorilla uses sign language to talk to her handlers. When she asks for a pet, her handlers search high and low for the perfect companion.

"Some people who go into the woods expect to see animals fighting or catching prey, females nursing their young...The truth is, our woods are quiet places, but take a little time and patience, and you will discover an absorbing world, full of myriad small happenings."

In "Adventures in the Woods," Charlotte Gantz takes youngsters by the hand and leads them on an adventure through the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve and the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, among others--favorite destinations for thousands of students and families. Exploring the fascinating life of the...

Follow animals as they swing, dance, float, leap and slide from page to page, then learn why these animals move the way they do.

A wasp lays its eggs under a
caterpillar's skin so that its young can
eat the caterpillar's guts as they grow.
A young head louse makes its home
on a human hair and feasts on
human blood.
Frogs use their eyeballs to help
swallow their food.
From small worms that live in a dog's nose mucus to exploding ants to regurgitating mother gulls, this book tells of the unusual ways animals find food, shelter, and safety in the natural world.
If animals all ate the same things and lived in the same places, it would be impossible for all of them to survive....

Heller's prose and pictures are the perfect means for discovering the varietyof oviparous animals and their unique ways of laying eggs.

Ponds and rivers are home to an amazing variety of animal life including am-phibians, mammals, and water birds. Hippos, otters, ducks, and tree frogs are among the multitude of creatures covered in Animal Babies in Ponds and Rivers - by the editors at Kingfisher - both on top of and below the water.

It's a jungle out there Animal Babies in Rain Forests by the editors at Kingfisher looks at six young animals that live in hot, steamy rain forests. Families of jaguars, gorillas, orangutans, and more are brought to life through a lively question-and-answer format.