Books in Safari Animals / Animales De Safari series

Kids will love learning about this strange-looking animal with a funny-sounding name. The book contains loads of information about an aardvark’s life, from its habit of slurping up ants and termites with its long tongue to the underground burrow in which this nocturnal animal sleeps the day away.

Introduces the flamingo and briefly describes its appearance, habits, diet, and young.

Life in a meerkat mob is dangerous! Members of the mob must always be on the lookout for intruders. If a threat is near, a meerkat will bark to warn the others in the mob. It's time to run to bolt holes and take cover! This title teaches beginning readers about one of Africa's quirkiest little creatures.

Ants, ants, and more ants are on the menu for these long-snouted insectivores. Just how many ants can an anteater eat? Up to 30,000 in one day! Learn where anteaters live, how they hunt, and how their long, sticky tongues help them slurp up ants!

Introduces the flamingo and briefly describes its appearance, habits, diet, and young.

Introduces the hyena and briefly describes its appearance, habits, diet, and young.

The massive and often fierce African buffalo is also known as the Cape buffalo. Young readers will soak up interesting facts about the life and behavior of this formidable animal and be captivated by the book’s engrossing photographs.

Simple text and photograph illustrations present general information about zebras.

Learn all about the aardvark.

Spotted hyenas get the giggles after a successful hunt. They laugh loudly to welcome other hyenas to come and feast on the kill. This book introduces children to these animated hunters and scavengers.

A rhinoceros is always ready for a fight! One or two horns protrude from its head. These horns are used as weapons against other rhinos and predators. Beginning readers will learn how rhinos use their horns in battle and discover that they can regrow broken horns!

African elephants can weigh as much as 16,000 pounds! If their size isn't enough to make them stand out, they also have huge ears, long trunks, and ivory tusks. This title will engage beginning readers as it explains how Earth's largest land mammals use their trunks to keep themselves cool.