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Describes the characteristics and behavior of baby dinosaurs.

Standing out from the crowd is tough, especially in the animal kingdom. With an estimated 8.7 million species vying for attention, the multitude of contenders must go above and beyond to make it onto top 10 lists. But there is one group that has an unfair advantage, baby animals.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces baby elephants to young readers through leveled text and related photos."--

Gives facts about the many ways animals care for their eggs and young.

Join the little lion cub on his day of adventures on the African savanna. Watch him run, jump, play, eat, and sleep, cuddle with mom, and roll around with his brother and sister. Told in simple yet lively text built with sight words and using picture icons to aid reading, National Geographic Pre-readers will enchant kids just beginning their journey with books.

Entertaining photographs of baby elephants playing, swimming, and rolling in mud highlight this introduction to elephants. Basic facts feature the three main kinds of elephants and simple explains how calves are born, what their bodies are like, how they change as they grow, and what life is like in the herd.

"This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about baby giraffes, including information about where they live and what they eat"--

Recognizable animals, such as puppies and elephants, are combined with more unusual babies, such as baby bees and strange shark eggs, to help children learn how animals grow from baby to adult.

Rhyming text describes a dog grooming establishment on picture day and the uproar some curious kittens cause when they try to explore.

Is there anything cuter than a baby animal? Here, wee ones of the Northwest animal world -- including wolves, foxes, sea otters, cougars, and crows -- are portrayed in stunning images from world-renowned photographer Art Wolfe. His ability to capture a burrowing owlet in mid-yawn or a bobcat mother tenderly protecting her kittens delights children of all ages. Fun facts -- Did you know that a four-day-old pronghorn antelope can outrun a human? Or...