Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Science & Nature - Zoology

Animal tracks always tell a story. You just have to recognize the signs. As you follow the marks an animal left behind, you get to know it: where it goes, what it likes to eat, when it runs, and why. There are secrets to be learned in those signs in the snow, mysteries to be explored in the mud along the river's edge.

Tracks in the Wild introduces young naturalists to the tracks of bears, wolves, moose, otters, and other wild animals--thirteen in all. Betsy Bowen's signature woodcut prints accompany poetic passages about each animal, along with life-size representations of...

Giraffes, lions, elephants, butterflies, horses, bears, mice, sharks, apes, ... and many, many more animals are captured in this magic coloring book. Filled with 50 gorgeous coloring pages it is a perfect gift for every girl and boy that loves animals.

Art is like a rainbow ... never-ending and brightly colored. Feed the creative mind of your child and have fun

Each picture is printed on its own 8.5 x 11 inch page so no need to worry about smudging.

Hexapus. Two-headed snake. Spider worm. They sound like creatures from horror movies, but they are all real-life mutants that creep, crawl, and slither among us. In Things That Make You Go Yuck : Mystifying Mutants, you'll learn that genes can be a freaky and fascinating business. From two-toned lobsters to squirrel kittens, this book showcases the strangest and most shocking genetic mutants in the plant and animal kingdom. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest,...

It takes two to tango-but in the wild, two can do much crazier things than dance. In Things That Make You Go Yuck : Odd Couples, you'll find out about nature's strangest dating rituals, cooperative couples, and parasite pests. You'll explore symbiotic pairings like the plover bird, affectionately nicknamed the "crocodile dentist," and hybrid "franken-species" that seem like something out of a science fiction tale. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and...

Life isn't always easy, but some organisms take hard living to the extreme. Things That Make You Go Yuck : Extreme Living looks at organisms living in the weirdest of ways: swimming miles deep in the ocean, freezing on icy mountaintops, boiling in hot springs, or even floating in space. You'll also find critters bigger, smaller, softer, longer, and stretchier than you ever thought possible. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in...

Nature doesn't always play nice, and Things That Make You Go Yuck : Crooked Critters showcases some of the worst offenders in the plant and animal kingdom. You'll meet trespassing toads, insects in disguise, brood-borrowing cuckoos, and many more. It's a rogue's gallery of some of nature's roughest, meanest species. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but...

North America's flying squirrels and Australia's sugar gliders notwithstanding, the vast majority of them live in rainforests. Illustrated with arresting photographs, Catching Air takes us around the world to meet these animals, learn why so many gliders live in Southeast Asia, and find out why this gravity-defying ability has evolved in Draco lizards, snakes, and frogs as well as mammals. Why do gliders stop short of flying, how did bats make that final leap, and how did Homo sapiens bypass evolution to glide via wingsuits and hang gliders--or is that evolution in another...