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Books with author Anita Ganeri

  • Poison Dart Frog

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 1, 2010)
    The brilliantly colored poison dart frog communicates with its skin. Its bright colors signal predators that this frog is poisonous. Read about this amazing creature's other physical features and behavior in this book that explores where a poison dart frog lives, what food it eats, and how and where it sleeps.
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  • Horrible Geography: Monster Lakes

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 2009)
    "Monster Lakes" sweeps young readers along on a tour of the world's most fascinating lakes. They can explore a volcanic crater lake meet scuba-diving spiders, and hunt monsters from the deep. With a brand-new cover design, text updates and an added extra-horrible index, it's geography with even more gritty bits left in!
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  • Jaguar

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 1, 2010)
    Explore the rainforest region, one of the most extreme environments on Earth, by following a jaguar through its day as it eats, sleeps, and cares for its young. This engaging nonfiction book introduces emerging readers to the behaviors, traits, and habitat of this fascinating animal with supportive text features, including a labeled body map of the jaguar and further resources. With its accessible text and fast facts, this book is sure to captivate young animal lovers!
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  • Horrible Geography Collection 12 Books Box Set Series

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Scholastic, )
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  • I Wonder Why the Sea Is Salty: and Other Questions About the Oceans

    Anita Ganeri

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, April 15, 1994)
    Browsers and young students alike will enjoy these lively question and answer books with their unique mix of realistic illustration and engaging cartoons. The enticing questions will amaze, amuse and inspire, while the highly visual format encourages kids to keep reading.
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  • Jaguar

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 1, 2010)
    Explore the rainforest region, one of the most extreme environments on Earth, by following a jaguar through its day as it eats, sleeps, and cares for its young. This engaging nonfiction book introduces emerging readers to the behaviors, traits, and habitat of this fascinating animal with supportive text features, including a labeled body map of the jaguar and further resources. With its accessible text and fast facts, this book is sure to captivate young animal lovers!
  • Orangutan

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 1, 2010)
    Orangutans may not be very tall, but their arm span can reach up to seven feet! Learn how this feature helps these colorful hairy mammals in their daily life in the rain forest as they live and move among the trees. This day in the life title also discusses the orangutan's hunting, foraging, eating, and sleeping habits.
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  • Animal Worlds of Wonder

    Anita Ganeri

    Hardcover (Sterling Children's Books, Aug. 13, 2019)
    Take a trip around the world and learn all about all types of incredible animals, from polar bears and elephant seals to great white sharks and flying lemurs. Journey to every continent on Earth and visit the world’s most amazing animals, including giant pandas, red kangaroos, gorillas, jaguars, Japanese macaques, flamingos, orcas, and emperor penguins. Learn all about these remarkable creatures, the ecosystems they live in, their ability to adapt, their preferred foods, and the neighbors who share the sea, land, and air with them. Gorgeous illustrations capture the animals and their environments on every page.
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  • Exploring Coral Reefs

    Anita Ganeri

    eBook (Heinemann, Dec. 21, 2015)
    Join intrepid explorers Benjamin Blog and his inquisitive dog Barko Polo as they travel the globe exploring the world’s most exciting habitats! This book looks at coral reefs around the world, taking in a multitude of algae, polyps, fish, and other marine life along the way.
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  • Howler Monkey

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 1, 2010)
    Dawn and dusk are key moments when howler monkeys release their cry. What happens in between is explored in this day in the life title. Follow along as these monkeys move from branch to branch, rarely settling on the ground, and find out what they eat and what their distinctive cry communicates.
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  • DK Readers L2: Eruption!: The Story of Volcanoes

    Anita Ganeri

    eBook (DK Children, June 11, 2015)
    What spits out fire and ash? What sleeps for years but may explode with a bang at any time? In this book, children learn all about volcanoes, with the mechanics of an eruption described and illustrated with simple, step-by-step pictures.Level 2 DK Readers are for children who have started to read on their own, but still need some help. These books contain more words, more complex stories, and smaller type than Level 1. They use slightly longer sentences that are still simple in construction. Information boxes provide lots of extra fun facts. DK Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies.
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  • The Story of the Okapi

    Anita Ganeri

    Paperback (Heinemann, Jan. 1, 2016)
    This series describes animals that were once thought to be myths or hoaxes. This book looks at the okapi: the first time it was reported to the Western world, the public and scientific community's reaction to it, the search for evidence, how the animal was finally recognised as a real species, and its current status today. There is also some information about the okapi's life and what makes it special or different.
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