Zoology

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! This hilarious companion to Battle of the Butts examines the way animals use their brainpower for survival in the wild and encourages readers to rank animals based on their intellectual prowess. Birdbrained. Pigheaded. Batty. Bullheaded. When humans...

From the beloved Caldecott Honor-winning author of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? comes another stunning, informative reader in the By the Numbers series. In this installment, Jenkins explores a wide range of facts and data about animals all over the...

Line up for this fascinating exploration of animal behavior from an award-winning author-illustrator! Much like humans, many animals line up for a variety of reasons. Rather than forming lines for the school bus or recess, the animals featured in Susan Stockdale's book form lines...

This sea monster is real. It lurks in the freezing black depths of underwater canyons. Nearly 50 feet long, it hunts with its long arms and tentacles. Its powerful suckers leave giant round scars on those that live through a battle with it. But...

Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea monsters who reigned the ocean for 150 million years Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More examines the anatomy, behavior, diversity, lifestyle, and evolutionary rise of creatures who conquered the seas for 150 million years...

This landmark photographic encyclopedia of the animal kingdom is revised with new species, images, and the latest scientific knowledge on all things animal! DK's Animal features stunning wildlife photography of more than 2,000 of the world's most important wild mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish,...

Find out about more than 70 cat breeds, including their origins and characteristics, in this pocket-sized encyclopedia. This cat-alogue packs a whole lot of information into your pocket Along with a photo of each breed, discover the facts and stats of each cat, including...

Heartwarming, surprising, and downright bizarre creature connections Relationships can be complicated, and it's no different in the wild. Meet 60 dynamic duos across the plant and animal kingdoms--from "aww" to "eek"! The Eltham copper butterfly and the Notoncus ant are BFFs for life. The...

Animals smooth and spiky, fast and slow, hop and waddle through the two hundred plus pages of the Caldecott Honor artist Steve Jenkins's most impressive nonfiction offering yet. Sections such as "Animal Senses," "Animal Extremes," and "The Story of Life" burst with fascinating facts...

Discover amazing facts about the African animals that roam our beautiful planet "The Fantastic World of African Animals" helps children learn to respect and understand the wonders of our natural world. Kids will discover unique facts about animals such as the majestic African lion...

Full of detailed artwork and photographs of lifelike models, The Big Book of Dinosaurs is an enticing collection of amazing prehistoric creatures that will entertain children for hours.This visual guide features simple but informative text and interactive questions that encourage young children to make...

A Dino Dana Field Guide of Dinosaurs for Kids (Ages 8-12)"This field guide is great for new and old dinosaur lovers. It alphabetically introduces dinosaurs and information about when and where they lived along with other tidbits about them. It is good for fun...

This stunningly beautiful and wonderfully informative book from award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston makes for a fascinating introduction to the vast and amazing world of eggs. Featuring poetic text and an elegant design, this acclaimed book teaches children countless interesting...

Get up close and personal with fierce and fascinating ocean predators in this pop-up book by renowned paper engineer and author Matthew Reinhart! Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water...pop-up master Matthew Reinhart reveals the underwater world where creatures...

Just 2 inches long full-grown, this little guy is the foundation of the Southern Ocean food chain... "Hi. What are you? You appear to be an egg. You are an egg sinking. For many days, you sink. You sink a mile down, and you...

Starring the Cat in the Hat, this rhymed nonfiction board book about dinosaurs is perfect for nurturing a love of science and nature in babies and toddlers! The Cat in the Hat and Thing One and Thing Two travel back in time to the...

Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition--in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos--to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we've underestimated their abilities for...

A captivating A-Z treasury about birds and birding Birdpedia is an engaging illustrated compendium of bird facts and birding lore. Featuring nearly 200 entries--on topics ranging from plumage and migration to birds in art, literature, and folklore--this enticing collection is brimming with wisdom and...

An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students"Excellently illustrated and providing a treasure trove of interesting information about symbiotic relationships." --BooklistHeard about the fish that clean shark teeth? Or the frog that lives with a tarantula? Welcome to the weird world of symbiosis--where animals...

What if you wished you were a sea turtle and then you became one? Could you eat like a sea turtle? Sleep like a sea turtle? Spend most of your life underwater? And would you want to? Find out Ranger Rick explorers can learn...