Books in Animal Diaries series

This series combines reference-style information with an imaginative diary approach — each book charts the observations, thoughts, sketches, and doodles of a young animal diarist.Information is presented in smartly written, bite-sized nuggets, combined with scribbles, torn-out photos, comic strips and incidental finds, such as footprints, eggs, pieces of vegetation, and a series of fact cards on other species that the diarist meets.Offers a fantastic opportunity to encourage an active developing imagination to live and survive in the animal’s world, as well as developing both reading and writing skills.Readers find out all about where the T-Rex lived and what they ate. Meet his family and the other dinos who lived nearby — some are weird, but others are very tasty!The Animal Diaries series are personal accounts written by young animal diarists. Sometimes funny, often scary, these firsthand stories are highly entertaining, giving readers an intriguing insight into the life of each animal.Animal Diaries includes:Tyrannosaurus Rex (978-1-60992-255-9) Spring 2014Spider (978-1-60992-252-8) Spring 2014Penguin (978-1-60992-502-4) Spring 2014Lion (978-1-60992-615-1) Spring 2014

Plenty of natural history books look at animal life from an outsider's viewpoint. Now it's time for some inside knowledge! A narrative diary text combined with up-to-date scientific knowledge to provide an entertaining andinformative account of the daily lives of these creatures.My name is Elephant and this is my very own diary. Please read it so you can find out all about - ME! I'll tell you about my life here on the African savannah and introduce you to my amazing family. You can find out how much we eat every day - it's a lot! - and what we elephants are actually afraid of.I hope you enjoy my diary - I wrote it with a bit of help from a human called Steve Parker.

Plenty of natural history books look at animal life from an outsider’s viewpoint. Now it’s time for some inside knowledge! A narrative diary text combined with up-to-date scientific knowledge to provide an entertaining and informative account of the daily lives of these creatures.My name is Shark and this is my very own diary. Please read it so you can find out all about - ME! I'll tell you about what happens in my underwater world. Sometimes things are quite scary down here! You can meet lots of other sea creatures who swim around here too.I hope you enjoy my diary - I wrote it with a bit of help from a human called Steve Parker.Animal Diaries are personal accounts written by young animal diarists. Sometimes funny, often scary, these first-hand accounts are highly entertaining, giving readers an intriguing insight into the life of each animal, charting their lives from birth to maturity with all the adventures that happen in between.Each book is a mixture of diary entries, informative extracts, sketches and fact-filled animal profile cards. Books are packed full of interesting information on the animals’ habitat, diet, different stages of life and interaction with other animals.

A young child joins his scientist parents as they observe the behavior a wolf pack over the course of one year. The narrator decides to keep a diary and records how the pack's alpha pair digs a den and then raises a litter of cubs. From watching the cubs emerge from the den for the first time, to seeing the cubs grow into adults and find their places in the hierarchy of the pack, the reader will follow the daily life of the close-knit wolf family. Colorful photos, diagrams, and clear, age-appropriate text will engage young readers as they explore the life cycle, natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of these intelligent and fascinating animals. The diary format models scientific observation and critical thinking--and encourages children to keep notebooks recording their own investigations into the natural world. A Wolf's Lifeis part of Bearport's Animal Diaries: Life Cycles series.

Plenty of natural history books look at animal life from an outsider’s viewpoint. Now it’s time for some inside knowledge! A narrative diary text combined with up-to-date scientific knowledge to provide an entertaining and informative account of the daily lives of these creatures.My name is Eagle and this is my very own diary. Please read it so you can find out all about - ME! I'm top bird in the avian world so sit up and take notice! I'll tell you why even big animals like goats and deer are scared of me and I'll show you my nest - high up on a mountain's edge!I hope you enjoy my diary - I wrote it with a bit of help from a human called Steve Parker.

Plenty of natural history books look at animal life from an outsider's viewpoint. Now it's time for some inside knowledge! A narrative diary text combined with up-to-date scientific knowledge to provide an entertaining and informative account of the daily lives of these creatures. My name is Frog and this is my very own diary. Please read it so you can find out all about - ME! You may have seen a frog before, but what do you really know about us? My diary will give you the inside information on life in the Big Pond. Find out how I dodge danger, catch my prey, and meet all the other pond creatures who share my home. I hope you enjoy my diary - I wrote it with a bit of help from a human called Steve Parker.

In Penguin’s very own diary, young animal enthusiasts discover how he keeps warm in temperatures colder than a freezer and why he'll grow up to be the most devoted dad in the animal kingdom! Readers also meet the other creatures that Penguin shares his icy world with.The Animal Diaries series are personal accounts written by young animal diarists. Sometimes funny and always exciting, these highly entertaining firsthand accounts provide readers with an intriguing insight into the life of each animal.Each diary charts the animal's life from birth to maturity, with all the adventures that happen in between. Each book is a mixture of diary entries, informative extracts, sketches, and fact-filled animal profile cards.Animal Diaries includes:Tyrannosaurus Rex (978-1-60992-255-9) Spring 2014Spider (978-1-60992-252-8) Spring 2014Penguin (978-1-60992-502-4) Spring 2014Lion (978-1-60992-615-1) Spring 2014

My name is LION and this is my very own diary. Please read it so you can find out all about – ME! My noble features and gorgeous mane will be familiar, but watch me play around with the other cubs and join me for a feast. You can also find out why we let the females do most of the work – they like it like that, honest!I hope you enjoy my diary – I wrote it with a bit of help from a human called Steve Parker.Travel to a range of different animal kingdoms in this second series of Animal Diaries. From the hot savannah plains of Africa to the freezing cold South Pole, from soaring in the sky to living near a pond, each diary is an amazing insight into an animal’s life.This unique series gives young readers a peek into the diaries written by the animals themselves, charting their lives from birth to maturity with all the adventures that happen in between.Animal Diaries includes:Tyrannosaurus Rex (978-1-60992-255-9) Spring 2014Spider (978-1-60992-252-8) Spring 2014Penguin (978-1-60992-502-4) Spring 2014Lion (978-1-60992-615-1) Spring 2014

Plenty of natural history books look at animal life from an outsider's viewpoint. Now it’s time for some inside knowledge! Read about the perils of growing up a spider in Spider’s very own diary.Young readers will find out all about how Spider spins her incredible silken web, which creatures she likes to catch — and EAT — in it, and what happened the day she got trapped in The Giant’s House — aargh!The Animal Diaries series includes personal accounts written by young animal diarists. Sometimes funny, often scary, these firsthand accounts are highly entertaining, giving readers an intriguing insight into the life of each animal.Animal Diaries includes:Tyrannosaurus Rex (978-1-60992-255-9) Spring 2014Spider (978-1-60992-252-8) Spring 2014Penguin (978-1-60992-502-4) Spring 2014Lion (978-1-60992-615-1) Spring 2014

One summer night, a young child witnesses a huge green sea turtle laying her eggs on a Florida beach. As he watches, he decides to record what happens in a diary. Readers will follow along as the narrator observes baby turtles hatching from the eggs, climbing out of their sandy nest, and then making a treacherous run to the ocean. As the tiny hatchlings begin their new lives at sea, the young diarist researches how turtles grow, the dangers they face, and how female turtles eventually return to the beach where they hatched to lay their own eggs. Colorful photos and clear, age-appropriate text will engage young readers as they explore the life cycle, natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of these endangered animals. The diary format models scientific observation and critical thinking—and encourages children to keep notebooks recording their own investigations into the natural world.