Books in My Animal Family series

Everyone who sees meerkats is enchanted by these mongoose-like mammals who live in family groups called mobs. Each member takes a turn caring for the young, looking for food, and standing watch over the mob's burrow. This lively caption book shows young readers what life is like in a meerkat mob and reveals the playful side of these fascinating animals.

Simple text compares and contrasts members of the bear family in terms of where they live, body features, eating habits, and size. Species featured include polar bears, American black bears, brown bears (including grizzly bears), sloth bears, sun bears, spectacled bears, and pandas.Simple text compares members of the bear family in terms of where they live, body features, eating habits, and size, including polar bears, American black bears, brown bears, sloth bears, sun bears, spectacled bears, and pandas.

Poor Mom! Where has everything gone? She's all packed for her trip.but the tickets have vanished. She has to buy groceries--but her purse is lost. It's time for exercise class, but there's only one shoe there. Rrrrinnggg: that's Mommy's cell phone. You can hear it but it's nowhere to be seen. (Hint: check out the washing machine!) But, best of all is a game of hide-and-seek: can Mom find you?

Meet one busy daddy--just watch all the things he can do. In the kitchen cooking (and burning) everyone's favorite foods, in the garage fixing the car (but where are those keys?), and in the den repairing (maybe) the TV: there's so much for Dad to take care of.and so much to go amusingly wrong! Youngsters will delight in opening the oven door to peek at what's baking, or searching through the den to find lost glasses. But, one thing they won't have to look for: the best dad in the world because he's right here!

Penguins gather together in colonies, where they find mates, raise young, and huddle together against icy winds. This captivating caption book introduces young readers to life in a penguin colony, and shows how these groups work together to live in one of Earth's harshest environments. An eye-catching picture glossary makes learning early science vocabulary easy.