Books published by publisher Muddy Boots

From animals that look like small dragons to those that shed their skin and transform into fairy-like insects, explore the fun and fascinating world of the creatures that live around us with the Amazing Animals series! This book explores big cats, including lions, tigers, and many more ferocious felines! It contains fun facts, quizzes, games and color photographs throughout!

This book brings the world of predatory birds to life with eye-catching photos and captivating information about hawks, eagles, and many other winged hunters. Readers will learn how these birds survive in many habitats, from hot deserts to tropical forests and even the arctic and antarctic poles. They’ll get an up-close look at their amazing senses, tricky defenses, and wide variety of strategies for moving around, catching and eating food, and bearing young.

Playful Prairie Dog introduces children to the life of a prairies dog “town,” where the squirrel-like animals carve out vast systems of borrows and tunnels in order to raise their families and protect themselves from predators such as coyotes, badgers, and hawks. The book describes what prairie dogs eat, how they look after each other, and their unique “bark” to warn other prairie dogs of danger nearby. Prairie dogs also often share their burrows with rattlesnakes, spiders, mice, rabbits, and burrowing owls. The book concludes with a page of prairie dog “fun facts.”

It was a Monday in February. Fifth-grader Bruce Turner squirmed in his seat. It was -20 degrees outside and a blizzard was burying streets and driving the snow against doorways. There had been no outdoor recess today. Bruce was bored. He wanted to be outside where he spent hours year-round, following animal tracks, observing snow geese during nesting season, finding tuttu antlers on the tundra, watching gulls and ravens soar overhead in the wind, and jigging for fish under the river ice. Bruce thought his village, Nuiqsut, was the best place in the world because he could do all the things he loved right here. But for now, Bruce was inside in the classroom getting ready for a visit by an elder, George Reilly, who would tell ancient stories called unipkaat about tuttut. A few minutes later, Shirley, Bruce’s teacher, welcomed George to the classroom.So begins the story of Bruce Bruce Turner, a fifth grader living in the Inuit village Nuiqsut, Alaska. His class is learning from village elders about the importance of Caribou in their culture and how though they are hunted. The animals must be respected if they are to return every year. Afterwards Bruce joins his father on a hunt, and they return with a caribou. Bruce's parents and aaka (grandmother) then show Bruce how the caribou is put to use in many ways, from food, to clothing, to using its sinew to develop sewing thread. Later that summer, Bruce joins local scientists on the annual caribou count, where he learns more about caribou behavior and migration.

Scout Moore is a Junior Ranger EXTRAORDINAIRE. She loves nature, science, and national parks. Travel with Scout and her family to America's first national park ever--Yellowstone! There they see (and smell) thermal features, watch wildlife, and gaze in wonder at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. But will they ever get to see a moose? Throughout this outdoorsy, girl-power adventure, Scout and her family laugh and learn, and with patience and persistence, they discover a wonderful surprise as they travel down the road to Grand Teton National Park. The award-winning Scout Moore series inspires young readers to explore the outdoors and the world around them.