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Animal Sprinting Stars

Susan E. Hamen (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781503820630

Which animal athletes would win the gold, silver, and bronze medal in a sprinting competition: the green basilisk lizard, cheetah, or peregrine falcon? Explore the animal kingdom's best sprinters and compare how their skills rate against one another. Additional features include fun facts, captivating photos, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

Animal Long Distance Stars

Sally McGraw (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781503820623

Which animal athletes would win the gold, silver, and bronze medal in a long distance competition: the blue wildebeest, humpback whale, or Arctic tern? Explore the animal kingdom's best distance athletes and compare how their skills rate against one another. Additional features include fun facts, captivating photos, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

Animal High Jumping Stars

Susan E. Hamen (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781503820616

Which animal athletes would win the gold, silver, and bronze medal in a high jumping competition: the klipspringer, jumping spider, or red-eyed tree frog? Explore the animal kingdom's best jumpers and compare how their skills rate against one another. Additional features include fun facts, captivating photos, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

Animal Gymnastics Stars

Gail Terp (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781503820609

Which animal athletes would win the gold, silver, and bronze medal in a gymnastics competition: the mountain goat, Eastern gray squirrel, or sifaka? Explore the animal kingdom's best gymnasts and compare how their skills rate against one another. Additional features include fun facts, captivating photos, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

Animal Boxing Stars

Rebecca Barone (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781503820586

Which animal athletes would win the gold, silver, and bronze medal in a boxing competition: the red kangaroo, boxer crab, or spiny-tailed lizard? Explore the animal kingdom's best boxers and compare how their skills rate against one another. Additional features include fun facts, captivating photos, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

American Shorthair Cats

Nancy Furstinger (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781631435485

Learn more about American Shorthair cats, including breed history, appearance, and cat care.

Allosaurus

Susan H. Gray (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781634071413

Long ago, a once-mighty Allosaurus stalked the land searching for helpless prey for dinner, too sick to battle stronger dinosaurs. Millions of years later, scientists discovered the bones of this 'different lizard' in Wyoming and named him Big Al. Read how Big Al helped them learn more about Allosaurus and its days on Earth. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research, a Did-You-Know section, and an overview of the geologic time scale.

African Elephants

Nancy Furstinger (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781634071536

Learn all about African elephants, including where they live, why they are endangered, and how people are working together to save them. Chapters explain physical characteristics and behaviors as well. Additional features include full-color photographs, informative sidebars, detailed maps, a glossary of key words and phrases, and an introduction to the author.

Abyssinian Cats

Tammy Gagne (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781631435522

Learn more about Abyssinian cats, including breed history and these cats' playful personalities.

Understanding Biomes

Jeanne Sturm (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781612366982

In Understanding Biomes, students will learn about the different biomes that exist on Earth. Readers will love discovering new information in this chapter book while also reinforcing learned skills with comprehension and extension activities.

Desert Dinners

Julie Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907595

This book looks at a desert food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this habitat, threats to their survival, and what is being done to protect their environment.

Forest Fare

Julie Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907601

This book looks at a forest food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this environment, threats to their survival, and what is being done to protect their habitat.

Freshwater Feeders

Gwendolyn Hooks (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907618

This book looks at a freshwater food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this habitat, threats to their survival, and what is done to protect lakes, rivers, ponds, and streams.

Grassland Buffet

Julie Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907625

This book looks at a grassland food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this habitat, threats to their survival, and what is being done to protect the savannahs and grasslands.

Arctic Appetizers

Gwendolyn Hooks (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907588

This book looks at the Arctic food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this environment, threats to their survival, and what is being done to protect them.

What Veterinarians Need to Know

Joe Rhatigan (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781668941867

Veterinarians need to have the expert knowledge, skills, and tools to keep the world's animals healthy. The Career Expert Files series covers professionals who are experts in their fields. These career experts know things we never thought they'd need to know, but we're glad they do.

Animales del desierto

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655462

In Biome Beasts: Desert Animals, readers will discover how desert animals survive and thrive in the driest places on the planet. Photos, text, and sidebars describe how these animals adapt to the challenging climate of these regions. Earth’s four desert biomes – hot, semiarid, coastal, and cold – each have their own set of challenges for the living things within them.

Animales de los pastizales

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655493

In Biome Beasts: Grassland Animals, readers will discover how these animals survive in prairies, steppes, and savannas around the world. Grassland biomes are home to a wide variety of animals. Whether grazing on grasses, building communities underground, or sailing overhead, animals have adapted to the challenges found in both temperate and tropical grassland biomes.

Animales del bosque caducifolio

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655455

In Biome Beasts: Deciduous Forest Animals, readers will discover how deciduous beasts rise to the challenges of the climate in each biome. Deciduous forests around the world are home to a variety of animals. Animals that are part of the temperate deciduous forest biome must adapt to the conditions of all four seasons to survive. Animals that are part of the tropical and subtropical deciduous forest biomes must adapt to both the wet and dry seasons.

Animales del bosque boreal

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655448

In Biome Beasts: Boreal Forest Animals, readers will discover how boreal beasts survive the harsh climate. The boreal forest teems with wildlife during the short, mild summer. This changes quickly when fall arrives. Only the living things that have adapted to the region’s freezing temperatures and frozen land can remain in the forest year-round.

Animales de la tundra

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655516

In Biome Beasts: Tundra Animals, readers will discover how animals survive and thrive in the treeless tundra. Tundra biomes have the harshest climates in the world. From the tiny Arctic bumblebee to the huge polar bear, every animal that lives in the Arctic or alpine tundra biome has adapted physically or socially to the harsh conditions.

Animales de estanques de agua dulce

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655486

In Biome Beasts: Freshwater Pond Animals, readers will discover how these animals survive and thrive in freshwater pond biomes around the world. Life in a pond is exciting. Birds, bugs, and shrews skitter across the surface. Turtles and fish zip along under the water’s surface. Beavers, herons, and others make themselves at home by the pond’s edge.

Animales de los estuarios

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655479

In Biome Beasts: Estuary Animals, readers will discover how and why animals survive and thrive in these sheltered biomes. Life in the estuary is always changing. Ocean tides of saltwater flow in and out of the estuary and mix with the fresh water that flows from rivers and streams. The animals that swim or wade in the waters or make the mudflats their homes must have physical or social adaptations that allow them to live in the salty mix.

Land Animals

Sherry Howard (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731615671

In Top Ten: Fastest Land Animals, readers will discover surprising facts about ten of the fastest land animals on the planet. Eat or be eaten? Speed can make the difference!

Birds

Sherry Howard (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731615695

From swift seabirds to high-speed hawks, Top Ten: Fastest Birds introduces readers to many surprising facts about ten of the fastest speedsters of the sky. Soar along with the fastest birds in the world. Learn what gives them the ability to zoom through the sky like airplanes.