Whether grazing on grasses, building communities underground, or sailing overhead, animals have adapted to temperate and tropical grassland biomes. Readers will learn about the beasts of the prairies, steppes, and savannas of the world.
"Grassland biomes are unaltered areas of land where grass is the dominant plant life, as opposed to other terrestrial biomes where trees occupy most of the land surface. They are inhabited by grazing mammals, ground-nesting birds, insects, and a few species of reptiles."--From cover.
"Explores the food chains and webs that exist in a grassland habitat, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other"--Provided by publisher.
An introduction to endangered grassland animals that provides an overview of the region's climate and habitats and profiles five animals that are in danger of becoming extinct.
A retelling of a traditional East African tale in which a clever hare finds a way to outwit the lion that is terrifying all the other grassland animals.
