Wild backyard animals

This book brings readers face-to-face with the stinging backyard pest we all love to hate—the wasp. Readers will learn about wasp anatomy, behavior, and habitat, as well as its ability to make nests and form colonies. This book also explores the difference between social and solitary wasps, and which wasps to watch out for. Color photographs bring readers up close to this creepy critter, as engaging text and fact boxes hook the reader’s interest.

This exciting volume is all about the big cat that prowls the Americas—the mountain lion. This book covers fun facts about mountain lion anatomy, behavior, and diet, as well as its amazing hunting skill and far-ranging habitat. Readers will also learn about what happens when mountain lions cross paths with people, and how we can save this endangered animal from extinction.

Readers will love this book about the great backyard beast of the American Southeast—the American alligator. This volume introduces readers to the alligators’ habitat, behavior, and anatomy. Readers will also learn about the threat alligators pose to people, and how people are a threat to alligators through habitat destruction and hunting. Exciting text is paired with amazing color photographs that bring readers face-to-face with this armored animal.

This book brings readers up close with North America’s far-ranging wild dog—the coyote. Readers will learn fascinating facts about this backyard animal, which is known for its nighttime calls and knack for scavenging. The book also introduces readers to the coyote’s anatomy and behavior, as well as its interactions with humans. Readers will love the vivid photographs that accompany engaging text. Fun fact boxes encourage the reader to deepen their understanding of the wonderfully wild world of coyotes.

Readers will learn about the anatomy, behavior, and habitat of mountain lions.

Introduces the reader to coyotes.