Books with title What Is a Mammal?

What Makes: A Mammal a Mammal Eight Book Series - Animal Groups 40 pages [20 spreads] 54 photos Grades K-4Children will learn that scientists sort animals into groups based on the many ways in which they are alike. This book is about one of those animal groups...mammals. This book meets common core state standards in science.We strive to make our books unique and we design them from the ground up. Galloping Turtle Books are created by educators and illustrated with photos from professional photographers.Galloping Turtle's photographer, Dwight Kuhn, is sole photographer for 167 children's books on nature and biology subjects. His books have won many distinguished awards. Kuhn was one of ten photographers featured in the book: Wildlife Photography - The Art and Technique of Ten Masters.For the price of a single cup of coffee and a pastry you can help educate and provide lasting entertainment for a beginning reader.

The Science of Living Things series helps children understand that they are as connected to trees, rocks, and weather as the animals that live outdoors! This important series helps define the basic concept of life and investigates the incredible world of living things. Each book explores a basic scientific concept or animal using: -- easy-to-understand text-- clearly labeled diagrams-- exciting, full-color photographsWhat is a Mammal? teaches the basic rules as well as the exceptions that help children understand differences between mammals and other living things. Amazing full-color photographs feature a large variety of mammals including apes, elephants, rodents, and bats and help to identify the many types of mammals including: -- those that lay eggs-- mammals with a pouch-- placental mammals, such as humans

The Science of Living Things series helps children understand that they are as connected to trees, rocks, and weather as the animals that live outdoors! This important series helps define the basic concept of life and investigates the incredible world of living things. Each book explores a basic scientific concept or animal using: -- easy-to-understand text-- clearly labeled diagrams-- exciting, full-color photographsWhales, manatees, seals, dolphins, and sea otters are just some of the many mammals that have evolved over time in order to survive in the water. From Arctic waters to tropical seas, vivid photographs and surprising facts about these salt water mammals reveal: -- how these air breathing creatures have adapted to the water-- their underwater senses-- what they eat and how they raise their young-- cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea otters, sirenians, and polar bears-- marine zoos-- the dangers of pollution, commercial fishing, and poachers

From enormous elephants to friendly dolphins, many of the most beloved animals are mammals. Young readers will learn that hair and drinking their mothers’ milk as babies are the distinguishing characteristics of mammals. They will discover all sorts of interesting facts about fascinating mammals, such as koalas, blue whales, and orangutans. Kids will even learn where they fit in the animal kingdom.