Describes these members of the dog family easily recognized by their long snouts, large ears, and bushy tails and which live in many different kinds of habitats.

The skeletal system is made up of about two hundred and six bones. But what exactly is a bone? And how do bones help your body function? Explore the skeletal system in this engaging and informative book. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series sheds light on a key science question-How Does Your Body Work? Interesting photos and useful diagrams will help you find the answer! Book jacket.

An introduction to the science that explains how birds fly.

Tap-tap, tap-tap! A woodpecker welcomes morning to the Sonoran Desert, and with it, award-winning author/illustrator Caroline Arnold starts the clock ticking on one 24-hour cycle of animal activity in the desert habitat. Her cut-paper illustrations and story-like narrative entertains kids and as it informs them about desert life.

Presents the characteristics and habits of rhinoceroses living in the wild and of a family living at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

Kindergartners learn about the life cycle of a chicken, incubating eggs, watching them hatch and raising them until they are old enough to go to the chicken coop.

Describes the characteristics and behavior of llamas and their usefulness to man, discusses other members of the lamoid family, and reports on the growing number of llamas now being bred in the United States.

One hundred million years ago, the skies were filled with enormous flying reptiles. With wings spans up to nearly forty feet, pterosaurs were the dominant life form on earth. The relationship of these giants of the air to dinosaurs and to other reptiles, their varied appearance and lifestyles, their evolution and extinction, the fossil discoveries that scientists are continually making throughout the world--all are depicted in this beautifully illustrated,...

Describes the geographic features of mountains, plants and animals that live there, and how to climb mountains.

Describes Megalodon, an extinct shark that was more than fifty feet long and could swallow an object the size of a small car.