Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Animals

"Chapters focused on the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, infrasonic hearing, magnetoception, and electroreception detail how a variety of animals experience the world around them, focusing on how their biological adaptations to specific ecological niches contribute to senses that o...

Step back in time to discover how crocodiles were once warm-blooded and how snakes had legs and burrowed underground. Meet terrifying giant birds, and tiny elephants living on islands. From the moment life crawled out of the oceans and onto land, to when our primate ancestors climbed down from th...

"Follows a single gray whale on its annual migration journey"--

"An introduction to camels and their relatives. Describes places visitors can ride a camel at Pyndan Camel Tracks, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia; the Silk Road, China; the Sahara Desert, Morocco; and the Great Pyramids, Egypt."

"An introduction to manta rays and other rays. Describes places visitors can swim with manta rays in Kona, Hawaii, United States; the Maldives; the Great Barrier Reef, Australia; and Manta Coast, Mozambique."

Gorgeous nature photography introduces readers to endangered species in this picture book from Tim Flach. Who is that peeking through the page? Is it a giant panda munching on bamboo? Or perhaps a yellow-eyed tree frog hiding in a tropical forest? Who Am I? uses clever riddles and stunning images...

Would you like to know why horses wear shoes? Or how horses talk with their ears? Or what makes some breeds high-spirited handfuls and others calm companions? Read this book to become an equine expert and find out whether horses and humans really can be friends.

"Strange, exciting, and interesting facts explore the wonderful world of animals"-- Provided by publisher.

Children have an insatiable curiosity for the world around them, and life can be an endless source of fascination for young minds. But do you have all the answers? And are they actually correct? Maybe you need to ask an expert ...

Why Don't Fish Drown? is an irreverent and informative introduction to tricky questions about natural history, getting to the heart of the fascinating world of the animal kingdom and its varied cast. Why don't humans have tails? Why can't my dog talk to me? Why does a shark need such big teeth? W...