Discovering the Animal Kingdom takes the reader on a revealing journey through the world of animals, from the origins of life around four billion years ago, to the first living cells, through the development of more complex animals and their amazing adaptations to the environments in which they live. Beautifully illustrated throughout with superb photographs as well as a range of diagrams and infographics to aid understanding, this is a stunning guide...

Offers information about zebras, including where they live, what they eat, and what they look like.

In the frigid valleys of Japan’s Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and privilege where each knows their place. Their leader is still new to the job and something of a solitary grouch. But one little monkey, innocently unaware of his own lowly social rank, reaches out to this lonely leader, forming a bond with him that manages over time to warm his less than sunny disposition....

Presents fascinating facts through interactive quizzes, detailed seek-and-find scenes, and hands-on activities, like how to make a snail terrarium.

THE HEART OF THE ELEPHANT is a story of wonder, woven together from a tapestry of eye-witness accounts and stories of these gentle giants’ intelligence and undeniable emotional capacity that is far more powerful than we ever acknowledged. It is a story not just about the love and trust they feel towards members of their own species but also their ability to express forgiveness towards humans who prove they are deserving of it.

At about three months, our animal babies can all get around on their own, but the struggle to find food really begins to hit home. In California, a three-month-old sea otter must learn what’s safe to eat, while in Sri Lanka, a seven-month-old macaque is forced by his mother to toughen up. The animal babies are fast growing into their abilities, but every day brings new challenges to their success.

The first year of life is the toughest. Four cinematographers follow six iconic baby animals as they face the challenges of surviving their first year on Earth. For these animal babies, this is the story of what it takes to survive in the wild.

Sophie is uninterested in writing a research report on polar bears until a polar bear named Olafur swoops her away to the Arctic, where she learns all about the playful bear's habits and habitat, from glacier mice to Northern Lights.

"This search-and-find book invites young readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a reindeer's Arctic habitat, body parts, and behaviors"--