Zoology Books

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

Robin Page, Steve Jenkins

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great book for interaction! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book is really hands on, and gets lots of talking and questions going with my 3 and 5 yr olds. It's a clever book and we've had a lot of fun with it.

Small wonder this book has received so much attention! 5 out of 5 stars.
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One of the loveliest and most thought out books to hit children's bookshelves in years! The information is so interesting and presented together with such unusual paper art the book just captivates its reader. Ann Clarke, author of People Are So Different! based on tolerance and understanding.

What DO you do with a tail like this? 5 out of 5 stars.
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A very beautifully illustrated smart book, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A TAIL LIKE THIS helps kids think outside the box. My 3 year old daughter found it interesting the some creature have ears, mouth, etc. in other place then us humans. The book that starts with a question ends with wanting to ask more questions like the one my daughter asked, "Why do flies have 6 legs and spiders have 8?" I really couldn't answer why but I think this book helped her be more observant.

Interestingly beautiful illustrations help grab attention too, that was the reason I purchased this book in first place. The artist captures every necessary detail with his unique, almost surreal style which permeates throughout the book.

Editorial Review:

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

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Mom of two 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Excellent book- my 3 & 5 yr. olds loved it, and it was easy enough for them to understand, yet descriptive enough that they were intrigued. We bought it in preparation for buying a butterfly habitat to watch the process ourselves. Great learning experience.

Great Learning Book for Little Ones! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this book for my friend's three-year old, who has been facinated recently with butterflies. I can see that he'll be interested now - and he'll be able to grow into the more detailed information later.

Loved this book. 4 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this book with the butterfly graden and we gave it as a birthday present. By the time the caterpillars came in the mail she was so excited and she new everything that was going to happen. This was propbably the best birthday gift I could have given an animal loving child. I will give this gift over and over again.

Editorial Review:

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)

The Life and Times of the Ant

Charles Micucci

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

alot of great info on ants 4 out of 5 stars.
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The Life and Time of the Ant is a cartoon type book all about ants. We learn lots of neat things about the ant family. We leaned how they communicate, about the parts of an ant's body, and all about the various kids of any in the world. One section of the book is about hoe important the ant is in the Rain Forest. We are told that ants eat insect pests, plant gardens in trees, removing decaying animals from the forest floor, and thin out plants that over crowd the forest.

The pictures are drawn in a cartoon like style. They were neat to look at while reading.

This would make a great read aloud for elementry classroom during a science unit on ants. Lots of great information is presented in a kid friendly way.

Editorial Review:

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.

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

Wendy Pfeffer

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent book and series 5 out of 5 stars.
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As a mother, teacher, and naturalist, I have been very impressed with this book (as well as the other Let's-Read-and-Find-Out series). It is incredible how so much information is packed into a book for kids and is also full of colorful artwork engaging to the eye. This book about worms covers how worms help the earth, how they eat, make waste, reproduce (tastefully written of course), where they go in the winter, why you find them out when it's raining, how they sense things around them, how their bodies are designed to help them move, all the while explaining things with proper terms, yet simple to understand. This book, as well as the others in the series, has an activity or two in the back of the book for hands-on learning. Excellent resource for any nature/science library.

Editorial Review:

Crawling through the dirt, worms are hard at work, helping plants to grow. Worms help the fruit and vegetables we eat by loosening the soil and feeding the plants. Read and find out about these wiggling wonders!

Insects and Bugs (Curious Kids Guides)

Amanda O'Neill

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Insects and Bugs review 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I gave this book to some of my students when we finished a unit about insects and bugs. It is a great resource for children at the second grade level. The illustrations are accurate and the information is not overwhelming for children of this age group. They loved the books!

Editorial Review:

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.

Ant Cities (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Ant Cities/ciudades de hormigas 5 out of 5 stars.
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Excellent resource for curriculum unit on social insects, ants, cooperation for pk-k.

Editorial Review:

Did you know that ants have jobs? Ants may not look like they are doing anything important, but each ant that lives in a hill has a special job, whether it is cleaning the nest, digging new tunnels or gathering food. And in each ant city there is a queen ant who is busy laying eggs.

In this popular Stage 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, Arthur Dorros explores the fascinating and complex ways in which these industrious insects work together to keep their ant cities alive.

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1987 (NSTA/CBC)

Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Insects and Spiders

Jinny Johnson

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great bug stuff for kids 5 out of 5 stars.
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Our kids loved this book! Not only was it written well enough to keep their interest but it left them wanting more! The descriptions were detailed enough for young minds but did not become a lecture so that they "glazed over". It made our kids enjoy their learning time. The illustrations were large, detailed and numerous. This book was great for the ages it was written for and even younger; as our three and five year olds loved the pictures and started asking questions right away! This was an over all great book to help get a kid's thirst for learning started!

Great "bug book" 5 out of 5 stars.
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My 3-year-old grandson is a big Spider-man fan, and he told me he wanted a book about spiders and "bugs." I bought this book because I liked the illustrations. They were clear and accurate, but not frightening. My grandson loves it. He actually goes to bed with it. He and I alternate pointing to the pictures and asking each other, "What is this?" Even though the text is for much older children, the pictures are ageless.

Editorial Review:

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."

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? PB

Robin Page

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Grandmother 5 out of 5 stars.
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This was a delightful book providing information about various animals in a cute and clever format.

Editorial Review:

A nose for digging? Ears that SEE? Eyes that SQUIRT BLOOD!??! Explore the many AMAZING things that animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and, yes, tails in this interactive, award-winning picture book.

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

Joyce Milton

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Interesting presentation of accurate information. 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Bats:Creatures of the Night, is an excellent book which presents very accurate information in an entertaining manner. It also adds some good words, such as "creature", to your child's reading vocabulary.

The book points out that bats are not to be feared as they are not dangerous as described by myth; however, the book fails to warn children that bats do carry disease and downed bats should never be picked up. Although some downed bats are fallen young, others may be sick with Rabies.

Teachers/Parents: The danger myths about bats is a good introduction to the topic of myths in general.

TLC, M.S. Biology

Editorial Review:

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 Burgess Bird Book for Children (Dover Science Books)

Thornton W. Burgess

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

good job 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The book arrived quickly and in good shape. The book is non-fiction but reads like fiction.

Wonderful Family Reading 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you enjoy reading aloud to your children, you and your family will enjoy the lovely short stories and pictures of The Burgess Bird Book For Children. The stories are long and have held my boys attention well and they look forward to the next story. The chapters provide good vocabulary building for younger ages. A wholesome book for children.

get kids interested in birds 5 out of 5 stars.
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We are using this in our homeschool as part of our nature study. It's a great way to get kids interested in birds... Stories appeal to the imagination (which kids have plenty of). It has led my 5 & 6 year olds to explore field guides on their own, and to draw sketches of birds they see in print or in nature. They've taken more of an interest in identification of birds they see when out walking and now have the desire to learn more. I love that!

Editorial Review:

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.