Animals of the World (Set 1)

Description:

World Book’s Animals of the World is a perennial favorite amongst children and teachers alike. The question based format arouses the reader’s curiosity and encourages further reading.

With a wealth of verbal and visual information, each volume focuses on a particular animal and its related species, and also provides students with detailed information about each animal’s appearance, habitat, and behaviour.

Animals of the World first presents the familiar and well-known animals before following with the more exotic creatures that will stun and capture a child’s interest in the Animal Kingdom.

Key features include:

• Each two-page spead includes a full-page, full-colour picture, map, or illustration.

• All books include instructive animal classification charts to show students where the featured animals fit into the Animal Kingdom.

Titles include:

• Ants and Other Social Insects

• Fur Seals and Other Pinnipeds

• Hammerheads and Other Sharks

• Hedgehogs and Other Insectivores

• Howlers and Other New World Monkeys

• Kangaroos and Other Marsupials

• Ladybugs and Other Beetles

• Owls and Other Birds of Prey

• Rattlers and Other Snakes

• Wolves and Other Wild Dogs

Awards & Reviews:

• Distinguished Achievement Award -- Association of Educational Publishers

• Golden Lamp Award -- Association of Educational Publishers

• Teacher's Choice Award -- Teacher's Choice, Learning

• "An excellent addition to any elementary library. Highly recommended." Library Talk

• "Clear, to-the-point text answers such questions as whether hedgehogs spit on themselves, why shrews are always eating, and what moles like to eat." Booklist

• "Designed for grades 1-6, The World Book Animals is an outstanding series. An invaluable acquisition." Children's Bookwatch

• "This set combines colourful pictures with easy-to-understand text. The text is arranged in question-and-answer format, which will appeal to young children." American Reference Books