Books with author Ray Martin

Every animal is unique. Every animal has characteristics in them that makes them truly special. The Rhinoceros, or Rhino is one such animal.The Rhino is known for its huge body, some armored skin, and most especially for its horns. There are different types of Rhinos, depending on color, types of horns, and body features. As you read this book, you will discover many amazing things about the Rhino. Questions your children might have asked will be answered. Questions like, “What do Rhinos eat?”, “How long do they live?”, “Why do they have horns?”, and many other questions will be answered. To top it off, every fact in this book is accompanied by colorful pictures to create an image in your children’s mind that will aid them in understanding more about the Rhino!Buy this book and let your children marvel at the amazing facts they can learn from reading this!

A line in a song of one famous cartoon goes, “Have you ever heard a wolf cry to the blue corn moon?” People believe that wolves howl to the moon. Though it seems that way because they raise their heads when they howl, the real reason for this is so that their howl can reach a farther distance to send messages to other wolves. Interestingly, it is also during full moon when they howl, and this is because they hunt more when the moon is bright and they howl to communicate to the pack. Aside from their very famous howls, there are many other characteristics that are interesting to learn about the wolf. They look like dogs indeed but they are different from them in many ways. What are wolves really like? Are they fierce animals? Do they attack humans? What do they eat? How do they find food? These questions will be answered in this book and many more amazing facts will be shared. Learn more about wolves. Learn about their family lives. Learn how they care for their young. Learn about the gray and the red wolf. There is so much more to learn about these amazing animals. One exciting thing about this book is that every fact comes with an accompanying picture. These pictures will help children imagine what a wolf is really like. This will aid them to understand a wolf better.

All of us know two peculiar things about a kangaroo – they hop and they have a pouch. That said, you will find in this book that there are other very unique characteristics that kangaroos have. The kangaroo is the known symbol of Australia, which is the only country that has this kind of animal. What are kangaroos really like? Why do they have pouches? How large are they? What are the different kinds of kangaroos? How do they eat, drink, and protect themselves? What are the uses of their powerful tails? How high and how far can they hop? These questions and more will be answered in this book. There are also more than 20 colorful photos that depict the kangaroo in its natural habitat. These pictures can help create real images in our minds to help us better understand the life of a kangaroo.

Reindeer can’t actually fly, and they might not really be the beloved pets of Santa Claus, pulling a brightly colored sleigh filled with bells and holly each Christmas Eve. However, this doesn’t mean that they aren’t interesting creatures. For example, it is interesting to know that reindeer can grow up to more than 6 feet tall! This book seeks to educate the reader on the many amazing facts connected with reindeer. For instance, how heavy is the average reindeer? How do reindeer survive the extreme cold in the areas they live in? What is a reindeer’s favorite food? These and many more questions you might have about the reindeer will be answered in this book. This book also includes more than 20 colorful images depicting this beautiful and popular creature.

Seventeen-year-old Zander Hua has grown up hearing his parents argue about the environment. His dad, Mike, just wants to enjoy his life as a deep-sea fisherman, but his mom, Gloria, detests how the fishing industry damages reefs in our already dying oceans. When he is ten, his parents divorce and Zander splits his time between his mom’s world of environmental activism and his dad’s world of sailing, fishing, and survival shows. The summer after Zander’s junior year, his dad invites him to sail from Seattle to Hawaii. A retired software exec from Seattle has hired Mike to help him transport his luxurious 80 ft sailing yacht—along with some indigenous artifacts including an antique Makah dugout canoe—to his summer home in Hawaii. Zander begs to let his girlfriend, Jenna come along, and she brings her cat, Mr. Jackson. The trip goes well at first, but something is very odd about the boat’s owner. He scares Jenna and gets on Zander’s nerves. One night, midway between Los Angeles and Hawaii, Zander is suddenly pushed overboard by an unknown hand, and the yacht sails away. After nearly drowning, he discovers that the old canoe and the cat have also been tossed overboard. He crawls inside the canoe and eventually realizes he is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. No stranger to the irony that the stuff he needs to survive is the same stuff that’s killing our oceans, Zander sets about collecting plastic garbage that just might save his life and allow him the chance to find out what happened to his dad and Jenna.

This is a book about tigers. Tigers, as we all know, belong to the family of cats. Do tigers just look like cats or do they behave like them? Many of us are familiar with a cartoon character called Tigger. Tigger is a tiger, a friendly, jolly, bouncing tiger. Is Tigger the typical tiger? Does Tigger reveal what a tiger is really like? This book gives us much information about the tiger. Yes, they are cats. They are big cats. They are cats with sharp claws and paws. But, unlike Tigger, they are fierce. You might have been asking questions about the tiger. Questions like: What does a tiger eat? How do they get their food? In what countries can we find them? How do they behave when they are with other tigers? Are they friendly? There are many interesting things about the tiger that this book will tells us about. Read this book and you will find out about the different types of tigers in different parts of the world. You will also discover what an ‘ambush’ is. And not only that, this book gives us information on tiger babies and how their mothers take care of them. This book is also filled with colorful pictures that will help children create an image in their mind that will help them learn more about the tiger.

We all get fascinated with dragons, that fire-breathing winged creature that’s out to get the hero. Did you know that there are real dragons in this earth? Well, it’s not exactly the kind that you see in your regular fairy tale, yet it is just as scary. The Komodo Dragon is one such dragon. They can’t fly nor spit fire yet they look like dragons up close. Maybe, more like a crocodile with thick skin, a long tail, flat face, and four short, bulky legs with sharp claws. What are Komodo Dragons really like? Where do they live? What do they eat? Do they eat humans? How big are they? What are their predators? These questions and more will all be answered in this book. This book will also teach us other interesting things about the life of a Komodo Dragon. You will learn about how they hunt for food and why they can easily kill their prey. You will also learn what is being done to conserve the remaining number of Komodo Dragons living in this world. There are a lot of information that you can get from this book about this amazing animal. This also comes with more than 20 colorful photos of the Komodo Dragon in its natural habitat. The mental picture drawn in our minds will help us better understand them.

The Leopard is one of the animals that belongs to the cat family. Because of this, it is similar to other big cats and most especially to jaguars. The difference is that although both are spotted, spots called rosettes, they are not exactly the same in size and shape. This book introduces you to many basic information about the leopard.Did you ever notice a leopard's tail? This book will tell you how a leopard uses its tail. It will teach you how a leopard looks for its food. What senses do leopards use? is it the same with other big cats? What kind of animals do leopards eat? It is said that leopards are very athletic. In what ways are they so? What sounds do they make? Are they an endangered breed?Read this book and your questions will be answered. Learn a lot of interesting things to add to your store of knowledge. Learn about the leopard's way of life. Learn about how their babies live. Learn about the other kinds of leopards like the black panther and the snow leopard. Learn these and a lot more.This book also contains many wonderful photos of the leopard which will help the reader gain a better understanding of this amazing animal.

We all know what a penguin is. It is the lovable black and white bird which is shaped like a torpedo. Its physical features and color make it appear as if it is wearing a tuxedo! We have seen penguins in cartoons where they live in colonies of thousands. And they go about in their peculiar short, clumsy steps with their small feet which do not allow them to walk fast. Read this interesting book to find out more about the penguin.In this book some questions you might have about penguins will be answered. Can Penguins fly? How many different kinds of penguins are there on earth? Do they all live in the South Pole? What are flippers? What do they eat and how do they get their food? Find out the answers to these interesting questions. You will also learn many interesting and amazing facts about penguins. You will learn about unique features of some kinds of penguins, like the bushy eyebrows of macaroni penguins and others. You will learn how the penguin’s colors protect them in the water. You will also learn the meaning of catastrophic molt and why penguins can’t fly. There are more things to learn inside this wonderful book about penguins. This book also comes with more than 20 colorful pictures of the penguin in its habitat. These pictures can help young readers imagine what a penguin’s life is like and help them understand this amazing creature better.

Cheetahs are amazing animals. They belong to the cat family. As you read this book, you will be amazedto find out that the cheetah is very different from other members of the big cat family. What are thesedifferences?Cheetahs are known to be the fastest land animal in the world. How fast can they run? Can they use their speed to catch animals for food? Can they climb trees? Can they easily protect themselves from predators? All these interesting questions and more will be answered throughout this book.Also find out how social these animals are. What is a coalition of cheetahs? Is there such a thing as a King Cheetah? Are they as fierce as they look? Do they roar like lions? There are many amazing facts and information about the cheetah that will truly surprise you.This book also comes with beautiful and colorful pictures that will help your children see for themselves and create images in their mind that will help them understand the cheetah better.This is our black and white print edition. Find the full color edition on Amazon, Createspace or any other bookstore that sells our books.