Secret life

A narrative nonfiction picture book that chronicles the day-to-day activities of a sea otter named Lutris that cares for her pup off the coast of California in the Northern Pacific Ocean. Facts and definitions are woven into the narrative.

A brown-throated, three-fingered sloth who lives in a rainforest habitat searches for food, keeps herself safe and gives birth to a baby over the course of a year, in a fact-filled series entry that is complemented by high-detail, lifelike illustrations.