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Books : Children's Books : Science, Nature & How It Works : Zoology

• What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (Caldecott Honor Book)

  Robin Page, Steve Jenkins

  
  A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this beautifully illustrated interactive guessing book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.
  
   

• From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

  Deborah Heiligman

  
  A caterpillar comes to school in a jar. The class watches the caterpillar each day as it grows and changes. Soon, it disappears into a hard shell called a chrysalis. Then the chrysalis breaks, and a beautiful butterfly flies out of the jar! This is a perfect beginner's guide to the mystery of metamorphosis.
  
  

  Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1997 (NSTA/CBC)

  
   

• Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science)

  Ann Earle

  
  This lively book explains all the bat basics, where they live, how mothers raise their pups, and how they hunt for food. Includes glowing illustrations, intriguing bat facts, and simple plans for building a backyard bat house. This book will bring out the bat lover in anyone.
  
   

• The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

  Joanna Cole

  
  Assuming they are simply going on an ordinary field trip to the beach, Ms. Frizzle's students enjoy a pleasant surprise when their teacher drives right into the ocean.
  
   

• From Tadpole to Frog (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

  Wendy Pfeffer

  
  Wendy Pfeffer describes the amazing metamorphosis from tiny, jellylike egg, to little fishy tadpole, to great big bullfrog.Holly Keller has created the archetypal frog pond and we see it through the seasons as the tadpoles grow legs and lungs and eventually hop onto land: bullfrogs at last. "Well-designed ink drawings washed with soft-toned watercolors stretch across the double-page spreads, showing the action above and below water level. . . .an attractive, general introduction."—BL.

  1994 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA)
  Best Children's Science Books, 1994 (Science Books and Films)

  
   

• Bats (Zoo Books)

  Linda Wood

  
  Explains why bats are such valuable and mysterious creatures.
  
   

• Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Insects and Spiders

  Jinny Johnson

  
  A detailed introduction to spiders and insects contains information about every major group of arachnids and insects, hundreds of thought-provoking facts, and full-color pictures and photographs."
  
   

• Time For Kids: Spiders! (Time For Kids)

  Editors Of Time For Kids

  

  From deserts to forests to inside your living room, spiders are everywhere! You can spot the sticky webs that they weave to catch their dinners. Spiders can be many different colors and move in surprising ways. Some roll across the sand. Others walk on water!

  In SPIDERS!, TIME For Kids® unravels the mysteries of these amazing eight-legged creatures.

  
   

• The Life and Times of the Ant

  Charles Micucci

  
  Not mighty in size, but mighty in resourcefulness and industry, the ant has crawled the earth since prehistoric times. It has dwelt in rainforest tree trunks and acorns of oak trees, beneath logs, and under sidewalks. It has protected forests by capturing insects, cleared weeds away from acacia trees, and by growing gardens has released important nutrients into the soil. Seed lifters, dirt diggers, social beings, ants have the most advanced brain of all insects! So watch where you step, especially on a warm day: a small but mighty ant may be underfoot.
  
   

• Bats - Creatures of the Night (All Aboard Reading: Level 2: Grades 1-3)

  Joyce Milton

  
  Did you know that bats are not blind? That the smallest bat is the size of a bee? Kids will learn all this and more in this exciting book about one of nature's most misunderstood creatures.
  
   

• The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive (Magic School Bus)

  Joanna Cole

  
  In their latest adventure, Ms. Frizzle and her class visit a beekeeper at his hive, and the bus mysteriously vibrates and shrinks, as the teacher and class journey inside the beehive to witness the extraordinary world of bees.
  
   

• The Burgess bird book for children

  Thornton W Burgess

  
  Renowned naturalist and author of children's books on wildlife successfully blends information and entertainment in his book about birds, among them saucy Jenny Wren, Redwing the Blackbird, Melody the Wood Thrush, Spooky the Screech Owl, Creaker the Purple Grackle, Downy the Woodpecker, and other feathered friends. 32 black-and-white illustrations.
  
   

• Koko's Kitten

  Francine Patterson

  
  The real life experience of Koko, a gorilla in California who uses sign language, with a young kitten whom she loved and grieved over when it died.
  
   

• Insects and Bugs (Curious Kids Guides)

  Amanda O'Neill

  
  The enticing questions -- Why do glowworms glow? Which insects wear armor? Why do bees dance? -- will amaze, amuse, and inspire any child who is fascinated by bugs.
  
   

• Zoo - ology

  Joelle Jolivet

  
  Each spread in this dramatically oversized book displays 30 or more different animals in thought-provoking thematic groupings: Large and Small, Hot Weather, Cold Weather, Feathered, Horned, Spots and Stripes, Friends of Mankind, and so forth. The illustrations are robust, graphic prints that will catch the eye--and the large selection of over 350 different species will make absorbing reading. Includes four pages of informational notes.
  
   

• Animals in Winter (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science. Stage 1)

  Henrietta Bancroft, Richard G. Van Gelder

  
  Describes the many different ways animals cope with winter, including migration, hibernation, and food storage.
  
   

• What's It Like to Be a Fish (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books)

  Wendy Pfeffer

  

  Could you live underwater?

  You can't breathe underwater, but a fish can. You can't eat underwater, but fish does it everyday. A fish's body is perfectly designed for life in water, just as your body is perfect for living on land. Read and find out how a fish's sleek body, fins, scales, and gills keep him in the swim! Then read on to learn how to set up your own goldfish bowl.

  
   

• Ant Cities (Spanish edition): Ciudades de hormigas (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

  

  Aprende y Descubre La Ciencia

  Ciudades de hormigas

  ¿Te preguntaste alguna vez adónde van las hormigas cuando desaparecen por el hoyo de su hormiguero? Es muy posible que debajo de ese montículo de tierra existan miles de túneles y cientos de habitaciones. ¡Lee este libro y aprende a crear tu propia granja de hormigas!

  
   

• Wiggling Worms at Work (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

  Wendy Pfeffer

  

  Deep underground and on the surface, worms are hard at work! Worms work like little plows, burrowing through soil by swallowing it. As they make their way through the dirt, worms loosen the soil so roots can spread and grow. Worms eat the bits of leaves and plants mixed with the dirt and leave behind castings that feed the plants. Find out how worms help us as they wiggle their way underground.

  
   

• Diego's Animal Science Book (Go, Diego, Go!)

  Kara McMahon, Artful Doodlers

  
  Join Diego on an animal adventure! Diego's Animal Science Book is filled with facts from Diego's hands-on research in the rainforest. Find out all about animals such as the armadillo, howler monkey, red-eyed tree frog, scarlet macaw, and more! Readers can unfold the giant map of the rainforest and add the animal stickers to the habitats where they belong.