Book overview
From prickly porcupines to slippery seals, animals are wonderfully diverse. This popular zoology series for elementary students studies mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates from around the world. Beautiful photos pair with factual life science text to explore the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each title also includes a related folktale or myth for cross-curricular learning. With its famous howl and keen hearing, the wolf is an impressive hunter. This zoology title for children, filled with beautiful photos and factual life science text, examines the pack animal's thick coat and other parts of its anatomy, hunting and feeding habits, life cycle, and pup care. Its mountain and forest habitats are described, too. A folk tale explains how wolves and dogs are different. Part of Creative Education's popular Amazing Animals series, this bilingual edition supports elementary-aged dual language learners with side-by-side English and Spanish text, captions, on-page definitions, and an index.