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Aussiedoodles

Christina Earley (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781638973690

What is cute, fluffy, and adorable? An Aussiedoodle! Learn about this cross between an Australian shepherd and a poodle. Find out if this doodle dog is a match for you and your family.

Bernedoodles

Christina Earley (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781638973713

What is cute, fluffy, and adorable? A Bernedoodle! Learn about this cross between a Bernese mountain dog and a poodle. Find out if this doodle dog is a match for you and your family.

Goldendoodles

Christina Earley (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781638973683

What is cute, fluffy, and adorable? A goldendoodle! Learn about this cross between a golden retriever and a poodle. Find out if this doodle dog is a match for you and your family.

Search and Rescue Dog

B. Keith Davidson (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652125

Search and Rescue, also known as SAR, dogs are brought in after natural or human-made disasters happen, or when a person goes missing. Find out how they are trained to find people who are trapped or in need of help using their keen sense of smell.

Service Dog

B. Keith Davidson (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652095

A service dog is any dog that performs a job or a task that helps a person who has a physical or mental disability. These tasks can be anything from guiding people down a sidewalk to sniffing out changes in blood sugar levels. Find out how these personal support dogs are trained and how they bond deeply with their owners.

Police Dog

B. Keith Davidson (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652101

Police dogs are trained to do many different jobs. Some patrol, some are used to attack, and others are used to sniff out illegal substances. Find out how police dogs serve and protect communities all around the world.

Military Dog

B. Keith Davidson (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652118

Military working dogs serve as detection, scout, and patrol dogs on military bases, airfields, and prisons. Find out how these dogs are able to detect threats that human eyes and noses cannot find.

Herding Dog

B. Keith Davidson (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652132

What do herding dogs do? They watch over and guide livestock from one place to another so they can graze safely. Find out about the different breeds of herding dogs and how they also make great pets.

Detection Dog

B. Keith Davidson (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652149

A detection dog is trained to smell certain scents and lead their handler to them. They can sniff out everything from bombs to cancer and many things in between. Find out how these dogs are out there every day making the world a safer place.

Gross and Disgusting Animals

Julie K. Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427154583

Learn all about different kinds of vile animals. Discover fascinating facts, from fish that are known as vacuums with teeth to why some lizards spurt blood from their eyes. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.

Polar Bear

Amy Culliford (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427154279

A hungry polar bear is one of the most dangerous animals you will meet. A marine mammal, it hunts mostly seals on the sea ice in the Arctic. Read all about their amazing sense of smell, their giant paws, and razor-sharp claws that rip easily through prey.

Killer Bees

Amy Culliford (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427154262

Killer bees were created by humans who were trying to make a more efficient bee for making honey. The new bee they made would swarm and attack intruders in great numbers. Read all about this aggressive bee and its gradual spread north in North America.

Black Widow Spider

Amy Culliford (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427154248

A bite from a black widow spider has more venom than a rattlesnake's. It won't kill you, but it will cause you a world of pain. Sadly, they live on every continent in the world except Antarctica. Read about the cannibalistic habits of this spider and how to spot one by the red or orange hourglass shape on its abdomen.

African Lion

Amy Culliford (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427154224

Mislabeled as the King of the Jungle, African lions actually live on savannas, and it's the females who do most of the hunting. Read all about the African lion's keen senses and outstanding stalking and hunting skills for taking down large, fast-moving prey.

Black Mamba

Amy Culliford (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427154231

The black mamba eats mostly small rodents but kills thousands of people every year with its venomous bite when it feels threatened. As if that's not bad enough, it can move really fast! Read all about the biggest and deadliest snake in Africa.

Be a Rabbit Expert

Gemma Barder (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125613

Do you know your Flemish Giant from your Mini Rex? This guide to everything rabbit is packed with essential information from different breeds to how to look after a rabbit to other fascinating facts.

Be a Reptile Expert

Gemma Barder (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125620

Do you know your corn snakes from your crested geckos? This guide to everything reptile is packed with essential information from different kinds of reptiles to how to look after a reptile to other fascinating facts.

Be a Dog Expert

Gemma Barder (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125583

Do you know your Pugs from your Poodles? This guide to everything dog and puppy is packed with essential information from different dog breeds to how to look after a dog to facts about famous and record-breaking dogs.

Be a Hamster and Guinea Pig Expert

Gemma Barder (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125590

Do you know your Syrian hamsters from your Skinny Pigs? Whether you own a hamster, rat, or guinea pig, this guide to everything rodent is packed with essential information from the usefulness of rodents in history to how to look after different kinds of rodents to other fascinating facts.

Be a Horse and Pony Expert

Gemma Barder (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125606

Do you know your Shires from your Shetlands? This guide to everything horse and pony is packed with essential information from different breeds to how to look after a pony to facts about famous and record-breaking horses.

Be a Cat Expert

Gemma Barder (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125576

Do you know your Siamese from your Shorthair? This guide to everything cat and kitten is packed with essential information from different cat breeds to how to look after a cat to facts about famous and record-breaking cats.

Go Quiz Yourself on Dinosaurs

Izzi Howell (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427128843

Read about the different kinds of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures that lived long ago. Find out how they lived and died, how only their fossils remain, and much more. Then see if you can answer questions, such as: Why did the dinosaurs become extinct? Which dinosaur had the smallest brain? What can we learn from dinosaur footprints?

Hummingbirds

Melissa Gish (author)

Publisher: The Creative Company ISBN: 9781566600484

A look at hummingbirds, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their ability to hover, behaviors, relationships with humans, and admired status in the world today.

Bear in the Family

Eric Walters (author)

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459832985

On returning to their home after a massive wildfire, nine-year-old Jasmin and her seven-year-old brother, Hunter, thought the biggest surprise would be whether their fire-resistant house had survived. Jasmin and Hunter did not expect to find an orphaned bear cub stuck in the neighbors’ well. Rescuing the tiny cub from the well was the easy part; now they need to care for it until the people from the bear-rescue sanctuary can make it safely through the fires to pick it up. The cub turns out to be exactly what one would expect of a wild animal—a huge handful!

Wolf, Coyote, and Other Packs

Heather C. Hudak (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039807082

How can African wild dogs hunt animals ten times their size? What does the howl of a coyote mean? Why do some solitary hunters live in packs? Discover the answers in this engaging book and learn about the many ways living in a pack helps animals survive. Free downloadable Teacher's Guide available.