habitations

What do ducklings eat? How do they stay warm? Can people keep them as pets? The answers to these questions and many more are waiting for beginning readers in this book. Fascinating facts about how ducklings look, grow, and move are explained using accessible language.

A book for children about how bears make their dens.

A bunny searches the spring-time forest for a home of his own.

Introduces facts about the koala's habitat, physical characteristics, food habits, and predators.

Readers will learn where lambs live, what they eat, and how we have used their fur for hundreds of years. Fascinating facts presented in accessible text explore the lives of these popular baby animals.

Simple text and photographs describe rabbits and the burrows in which they live.

A little sea turtle is lost, but none of the suggestions from the other creatures help him, until a crab points him in the right direction.

Readers learn how penguin families work together to feed their young and keep them warm. A helpful graphic organizer aids in reader understanding. Readers will enjoy detailed images of penguin species at home in the Antarctic with every turn of the page.

Common thought places cicadas as tree dwellers; these odd insects actually live most of their lives underground. This book details the bizarre life cycle of the cicada, including the deposit of hundreds of eggs on a tree branch and details of a species that can live 17 years.

Introduces young readers to the physical characteristics, natural habitats, history and folklore of some of the animals they might see in cities and towns across the country. Includes colorful photos and fun facts.