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Zoobooks Owls
National Wildlife Federation
language (National Wildlife Federation, Sept. 25, 2018)A lot of kids don’t realize an owl can’t move its eyes inside its head--it has to turn its entire head if it wants to see in a new direction. But can an owl really turn its head around 360 degrees? Who-o-o can pass up the chance to find out the answer?
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Zoobooks Apes
National Wildlife Federation
language (National Wildlife Federation, Jan. 1, 2018)Picture a massive gorilla--a 350-pound chest-beater as strong as six men--tolerating all kinds of playful torment from his impish baby. Apes hug and kiss and shed tears just like people do. Discover other little-known human similarities--and important differences.
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Zoobooks Sharks
Wildlife Education Ltd
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, July 3, 2019)Sharks are ancient. Before there were dinosaurs, there were sharks. Their bodies and behaviors have changed very little over time—they have always been chillingly efficient at finding food and consuming it. Great white sharks are the largest meat-eating fish alive today—but there were once sharks that may have been three times bigger. Scientists say the extinct Carcharodon megalodon had teeth six inches long, and jaws big enough to swallow a small car.
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Zoobooks Camels
Wildlife Education Ltd.
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, Jan. 29, 2015)Will that be one hump or two? Learn an easy way to remember which camel is bactrian and which is dromedary--and discover the truth about just how long camels can really go without water.
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Zoobooks Lions
Wildlife Education Ltd.
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, Dec. 30, 2013)Like kittens, lion cubs are born with an instinct to hunt. They’ll pounce on beetles, butterflies, or anything else that moves. Explore the way these cats grow from cute and cuddly to fierce and ferocious.
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Zoobooks Wolves
Wildlife Education Ltd., Wildlife Education Ltd
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, Nov. 20, 2019)Wolves have varied reputations--as cowardly thieves, as loyal packmates, as fairy tale villains. See what real characteristics these survivors have in common with the domestic dog--and what traits are uniquely their own.
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Zoobooks Snakes
Wildlife Education Ltd.
language (Wildlife Education Ltd, April 26, 2018)How do snakes move without legs? From sidewinders to boa constrictors, the motion of snakes is explained in clear, easy-to-understand diagrams. When kids grasp the mechanics of how a snake "works," they may find they have less to fear.
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Zoobooks Rhinos
Wildlife Education Ltd.
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, Nov. 10, 2016)With their "armor" and built-in "lances," rhinos are built to impress and intrigue. But all is not what it seems with rhinos. Learn the riddle of their horns--horns different from those of all other animals--and discover the chinks in their "armor."
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Zoobooks Zebras
Wildlife Education Ltd.
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, June 30, 2014)Kids like knowing things adults don’t always know. Zebras will equipthem to be young field scientists, able to identify one species fromanother and to share little-known facts--such as the fact that foalshave manes that run all the way from their heads to their tails!
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Zoobooks Sharks
Ltd. Wildlife Education
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, July 1, 2013)With sharks, you have to expect the unexpected: unlike most fish, many sharks give birth to live young; the biggest shark in the world never bites anything; and hearing, not smell, is probably the shark’s most acute sense. Read on for more surprises.
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Zoobooks Bats
Wildlife Education Ltd
eBook (Wildlife Education Ltd, Oct. 29, 2014)Have you ever heard that bats are blind? Do not believe it. Our Bats book dispels this and other myths about the only flying mammal on earth.
