Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Animals

Journey around the world to follow the lives of these cold-blooded reptiles as they hunt, hide, and fight their way through their day. Biologist and conservationist Christian Cave tells the story of the world's most amazing venomous snakes in the style of a nature documentary, including gentle sc...

Sniff, Lick & Scratch! is the book parents and educators will turn to to explain the less majestic behaviors witnessed in the animal kingdom - and sneak in a little STEM learning while they're at it. Do flies really puke on our food when we're not looking? And why do dogs sniff each other's behin...

"Readers will discover how detection dogs are able to use their noses to find everything from people, both alive and dead, to explosives to... whale poop. These working dogs work to please, work to play, and work for love."--

What is snot? How is it useful? What do animals do with it? Why is there so much? Find out the science behind the green goo and it's fascinating uses in the animal kingdom with this gross-filled guide!

This book provides information about puppies, including what they eat, their life stages, and common breeds.

How many species do you really know about - not just the well-known ones but random weird ones as well? Find out what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur and what the environment was like when they roamed the Earth.

How many species do you really know about - not just the well-known ones but random weird ones as well? Find out what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur and what the environment was like when they roamed the Earth.

Have you ever wanted to leap twenty times your own body length? Can you drink through your skin? How about catching all your food with just your tongue? Come and join frog club to learn all about amazing amphibians in this funny, fact-filled picture book. Let Fabio Frog put you through your paces...

"This lyrical, nonfiction text honours animals who live in solitude, in contrast to others who live in groups. Against a backdrop of the specific names of various animal tribes (a parade of elephants, a tower of giraffes, a dazzle of zebras), Stein shines a spotlight on those animals who go throu...

When he hatches from his egg, Sepio, a baby Bobtail squid, is not able to glow. His dark shape is too obvious in the moonlit water and all kinds of predators lurk nearby. Ali, an intrepid Vibrio fischeri bacterium, is determined to reach safety too. Can Ali and Sepio help each other? This is a be...