Download or read book Birds Wild World Fast and Slow Animals written by Brenna Maloney and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready, set, go! Did you ever wonder which animals are the fastest... and the slowest? All birds can move! But how do these animals actually go from place to place? Eagles can soar and glide. Hummingbirds can fly forward and backward.. Ostriches can run using their strong legs. Penguins don't fly: they waddle or swim. Which animal do you think would win in a race? Look inside to discover which of the ten birds in this book are super slow and which ones are really fast! ABOUT THE SERIES: Kids can’t get enough animal facts! Starting with the slowest animal in each group — amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles — readers will want to read to the end as the ten animals listed get faster and faster. All the books in this brand-new series brim with colorful photographs and fascinating facts about the featured animals ́ body, diet and habitat. Short blocks of text entertain and explain why some animals are super slow while others are really fast!

Download or read book Reptiles Wild World Fast and Slow Animals written by Brenna Maloney and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready, set, go! Did you ever wonder which animals are the fastest... and the slowest? All reptiles can move! But how do these animals actually go from place to place? Some lizards can walk on all fours or run on their back legs. Snakes can slither on their bellies. Turtles can paddle in water using their flippers. Crocodiles can do a belly crawl on land. Which animal do you think would win in a race? Look inside to discover which of the ten reptiles in this book are super slow and which ones are really fast! ABOUT THE SERIES: Kids can’t get enough animal facts! Starting with the slowest animal in each group — amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles — readers will want to read to the end as the ten animals listed get faster and faster. All the books in this brand-new series brim with colorful photographs and fascinating facts about the featured animals ́ body, diet and habitat. Short blocks of text entertain and explain why some animals are super slow while others are really fast!

Download or read book Amphibians Wild World Fast and Slow Animals written by Brenna Maloney and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready, set, go! Did you ever wonder which animals are the fastest... and the slowest? All amphibians can move! But how do these animals actually go from place to place? Frogs can use their powerful legs to jump. Toads usually walk or hop. Salamanders can walk or run on all four legs. Newts can crawl through water with their paddle-like tails. Which animal do you think would win in a race? Look inside to discover which of the ten amphibians in this book are super slow and which ones are really fast! ABOUT THE SERIES: Kids can’t get enough animal facts! Starting with the slowest animal in each group — amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles — readers will want to read to the end as the ten animals listed get faster and faster. All the books in this brand-new series brim with colorful photographs and fascinating facts about the featured animals ́ body, diet and habitat. Short blocks of text entertain and explain why some animals are super slow while others are really fast!

Download or read book Mammals Wild World Fast and Slow Animals written by Eric Geron and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready, set, go! Did you ever wonder which animals are the fastest... and the slowest? All mammals can move! But how do these animals actually go from place to place? Dogs and cats can walk and run on all fours. Kangaroos can jump using their strong, back legs. Horses can gallop. Dolphins can leap and swim. Bats can use their wings to fly. Which animal do you think would win in a race? Look inside to discover which of the ten mammals in this book are super slow and which ones are really fast! ABOUT THE SERIES: Kids can’t get enough animal facts! Starting with the slowest animal in each group — amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles — readers will want to read to the end as the ten animals listed get faster and faster. All the books in this brand-new series brim with colorful photographs and fascinating facts about the featured animals ́ body, diet and habitat. Short blocks of text entertain and explain why some animals are super slow while others are really fast!

Download or read book Fish Wild World Fast and Slow Animals written by Eric Geron and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready, set, go! Did you ever wonder which animals are the fastest... and the slowest? All fish can move! But how do these animals actually go from place to place? Sea horses can swim upside down. Sharks use their tails to propel themselves through the water. Manta rays flap their fins up and down to swim. Batfish can use their fins to walk on the ocean floor. Which animal do you think would win in a race? Look inside to discover which of the ten fish in this book are super slow and which ones are really fast! ABOUT THE SERIES: Kids can’t get enough animal facts! Starting with the slowest animal in each group — amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles — readers will want to read to the end as the ten animals listed get faster and faster. All the books in this brand-new series brim with colorful photographs and fascinating facts about the featured animals ́ body, diet and habitat. Short blocks of text entertain and explain why some animals are super slow while others are really fast!

Download or read book Fast and Slow written by Lisa Bullard and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to the concepts of fast and slow, comparing some of the world's fastest animals with animals that are slow.

Download or read book Animal Ark written by Kwame Alexander and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird - pairing the stunning photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with the delicate poetry of Newbery award-winning author Kwame Alexander, this lush picture book celebrates the beauty, diversity, and fragility of the animal world. Featuring more than 40 unique animal portraits, the pages invite kids to explore each creature's markings, textures, and attributes in stunning detail, while calling on all of us to help protect each and every one. Three picture-packed gatefolds inside showcase even more familiar and exotic species. These images are part of Sartore's lifelong project to photograph every animal in the world, with special attention given to disappearing and endangered species.

Download or read book Bat Loves the Night written by Nicola Davies and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A charming and informative story about a pipistrelle bat. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of the animal's flight, its navigational skills, and the hunt for food." – School Library Journal Features an audio read-along! Night has fallen, and Bat awakens to find her evening meal. Follow her as she swoops into the shadows, shouting and flying, the echoes of her voice creating a sound picture of the world around her. When morning light creeps into the sky, Bat returns to the roost to feed her baby . . . and to rest until nighttime comes again. Bat loves the night! Back matter includes an index. A Common Core Text Exemplar

Download or read book Quick and Slow Animals written by Mark Carwardine and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Quick and Slow Animals written by Barbara Behm and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces ten animals that can be distinguished by how fast they move, including the sea lion, sloth, kiwi, slow loris, gibbon, manatee, springhare, snail, cheetah, and tortoise.

Download or read book Fast and Slow Scholastic An Animal Opposites Book written by Lisa Bullard and published by A+ Books. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to the concepts of fast and slow, comparing some of the world's fastest animals with animals that are slow.

Download or read book Snakes written by Nic Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now even the youngest readers can join Sibert Medal-winning photographer and biologist Nic Bishop as he takes a closer look at the world's most amazing animals! In this book, Nic introduces fun facts about snakes and their bodies, habits, and life cy

Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Download or read book Ten Thousand Birds written by Tim Birkhead and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten Thousand Birds provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked. This beautifully illustrated book opens in the middle of the nineteenth century when ornithology was a museum-based discipline focused almost exclusively on the anatomy, taxonomy, and classification of dead birds. It describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. The book tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a pathological liar who stole specimens from museums and quite likely murdered his wife, and describes the breathtaking insights and discoveries of ambitious and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur, and others who through their studies of birds transformed entire fields of biology. Ten Thousand Birds brings this history vividly to life through the work and achievements of those who advanced the field. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and in-depth interviews, this fascinating book reveals how research on birds has contributed more to our understanding of animal biology than the study of just about any other group of organisms.

Download or read book The Wonder of Birds written by Jim Robbins and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating investigation into the miraculous world of birds and the powerful—and surprising—ways they enrich our lives and sustain the planet Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are everywhere and we love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel us to look to the skies, literally and metaphorically; draw us out into nature to seek their beauty; and let us experience vicariously what it is like to be weightless. Birds have helped us in many of our endeavors: learning to fly, providing clothing and food, and helping us better understand the human brain and body. And they even have much to teach us about being human. A natural storyteller, Robbins illuminates how qualities unique to birds make them invaluable to humankind—from the Australian brush turkey, which helped scientists discover how dinosaurs first flew, to the eagles in Washington D.C. that rehabilitated the troubled teenagers placed in charge of their care. From the “good luck” ravens in England to the superb lyrebird, whose song is so sophisticated it can mimic koalas, crying babies and chainsaws, Robbins shows our close relationship with birds, the ways in which they are imperiled and how we must fight to save them for the sake of both the planet and humankind. Jim Robbins has written for the New York Times for more than thirty-five years, as well as numerous other magazines including Audubon, Condé Nast Traveler, BBC Future, Smithsonian and Vanity Fair. He is the author of several books including The Man Who Planted Trees and Last Refuge: The Environmental Showdown in the American West. ‘Fittingly for a work about birds and what they can teach us, The Wonder of Birds soars beyond its putative subject into realms once regarded as mystical.’ —Fiona Capp, The Sydney Morning Herald ‘A must-read, conveying much necessary information in easily accessible form and awakening one’s consciousness to what might otherwise be taken for granted ... The Wonder of Birds reads like the story of a kid let loose in a candy store and given free rein to sample. That is one of its strengths: the convert’s view gives wide appeal to those who might never have known birds well.’ —Bernd Heinrich, Wall Street Journal

Download or read book Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe written by Lars-Henrik Olsen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-25 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable color-illustrated field guide to the tracks and signs of Europe's animals and birds This beautifully illustrated field guide enables you to easily identify the tracks and signs left by a wide variety of mammal and bird species found in Britain and Europe, covering behaviors ranging from hunting, foraging, and feeding to courtship, breeding, and nesting. Introductory chapters offer detailed drawings of footprints and tracks of large and small mammals, which are followed by sections on mammal scat, bird droppings, and the feeding signs of animals on food sources such as nuts, cones, and rose hips. The book then describes specific mammal species, providing information on size, distribution, behavior, habitat, and similar species, as well as more specific detail on tracks and scat. Distribution maps are also included. This indispensable field guide covers 175 species of mammals and birds, and features a wealth of stunning color photos and artwork throughout. Helps you easily identify the tracks and signs of a variety of mammals and birds Covers 175 species Illustrated throughout with photos, drawings, and artwork Includes informative descriptions of mammal species along with distribution maps

Download or read book Lost Among the Birds written by Neil Hayward and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn't want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didn't want to think about his failed relationship with “the one” or his potential for ruining a new relationship with “the next one.” And he almost certainly didn't want to think about turning forty. And so instead he went birding. Birding was a lifelong passion. It was only among the birds that Neil found a calm that had eluded him in the confusing world of humans. But this time he also found competition. His growing list of species reluctantly catapulted him into a Big Year--a race to find the most birds in one year. His peregrinations across twenty-eight states and six provinces in search of exotic species took him to a hoarfrost-covered forest in Massachusetts to find a Fieldfare; to Lake Havasu, Arizona, to see a rare Nutting's Flycatcher; and to Vancouver for the Red-flanked Bluetail. Neil's Big Year was as unplanned as it was accidental: It was the perfect distraction to life. Neil shocked the birding world by finding 749 species of bird and breaking the long-standing Big Year record. He also surprised himself: During his time among the hummingbirds, tanagers, and boobies, he found a renewed sense of confidence and hope about the world and his place in it.