garter snakes

This is eight-year-old Carly's first summer at Storm Cliff Stables horse camp, and she is already having a hard time following all the rules, so when she finds a garter snake and decides to keep it as a pet, she needs to keep it a secret.

Learn about garter snakes in this nonfiction book for young readers.

Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to common garter snakes.

Simple text and illustrations explore features of garden snakes, including their habitat and eating customs.

When it comes to speed, the garter snake zooms ahead, but when it comes to strength, the python has all the muscle. The hunting habits, diets, and natural habitats of these two snakes are incredibly different. Readers will learn to compare and contrast as they explore the worlds of these wriggling reptiles.

Discusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularly red-sided garter snakes.

Simple text and illustrations explore features of garden snakes, including their habitat and eating customs.

When Josh finds a nest of blue snakes and decides to bring one into school for science class, his friend Andy is not sure this is a good idea; when the snake gets loose in the school hallway, Andy and the reader have to choose how the incident will end.

This is eight-year-old Carly's first summer at Storm Cliff Stables horse camp, and she is already having a hard time following all the rules, so when she finds a garter snake and decides to keep it as a pet, she needs to keep it a secret.

Because neither Sam nor her father realizes that a garter snake dropped off for "petsitting" has escaped, they can't understand Aunt Cynthia's alarming shrieks.