Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Animals

Learn that even animals have best friends in this follow-up to The Not Bad Animals. Someone that's always there for them through thick and thin, to help them out with all of the usual things that friends do. You know, like picking ticks off your back, letting you know when a lion is about to make...

The Animal Book is the ultimate encyclopedia, exploring the majesty and drama of the animal kingdom. Packed with hundreds of awe-inspiring photographs and mind-blowing facts, children will be pulled in and engrossed from start to finish. The Animal Book looks at amazing natural events such as the...

Here you can learn about all of the main groups of animals that inhabit our planet as well as the methods that are used to classify them. Explore the common traits that are used to identify animals and learn about some of the most extreme creatures from each class of animal.

What is special about mammals? Which mammals live in the sea? Why do some mammals live in groups? This book is about mammals: what they do, how they behave and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colourful photographs, the book shows ...

How do reptiles keep warm? What happens to a snake's skin as the snake grows? What are crocodile eggs like? This book is about reptiles: what they do, how they behave and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colourful photographs, the ...

Look behind the microscope, or telescope, with scientists as they learn more about the world around us and beyond. From invisible crustaceans and flying frogs, to giant tsunamis on Mars, find out about new and exciting discoveries made by scientists in the past decade. Imagine a sneezing monkey, ...

Explains the process and materials that ants use to build anthills. This book's colourful photos, clear text, and "A Closer Look" feature highlight the engineering that makes this structure such a marvel and helps ants survive in the wild.

Discover facts about escaping penguins, farting zebras, leaping dolphins, snorting elephants, dancing bears and more, all connected in weird and wonderful ways. Did you know that beavers have orange teeth? Or that some monkeys floss their teeth using bird feathers? Or that one species of bird can...

"From small sparrows to large ostriches, birds come in all sizes. Most birds fly, but some run, swim or swoop. Find out more inside about their diets, life cycles and homes." -- back cover

Pull back the curtain on the wide, wide world of mammals! Organized by animal science topics such as anatomy, life cycle and methods of defence, Mammals lets young readers and browsers discover these hairy animals through full-colour photos and concise, factual text.