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National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia 2500 Animals with Photos Maps and More!

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By Lucy Spelman
Publisher National Geographic Children's Books
National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia 2500 Animals with Photos Maps and More!
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Hey, why is that funnylooking monkey on TV hanging upside down? Is that fuzzy, chubby guy in the back yard a woodchuck or a groundhog? Now you can find answers to these and hundreds more questions and curiosities right at your fingertips! Featuring 2,500 species and packed with stunning color photographs, amazing animal facts, maps, and more, the new iNational Geographic Kids Animal Encyclopediai is the most comprehensive on the market today, amazing and entertaining readers, while providing them with authoritative information about the animal kingdom. Kids love to look at animals and this book showcases more than 1,000 gorgeous color photographs as only National Geographicthe leader in wildlife photographycan. Thematic spreads take readers through animal homes and habitats, senses and communication, life cycle and babies, movement and migration, defenses, camouflage, and adaptation, and endangered animals and conservation. Special features in each section include ANIMAL PROFILES spreads that focus indepth on a particular animal and ANIMAL RECORDS spreads that highlight superlatives such as fastest, tallest, smallest, etc. Exclusive FROMTHEFIELD reports, that focus on National Geographic explorers and their stories about the animals they study, can only be found in ithisi animal encyclopedia, adding to its entertainment and educational value.brbrAnimals are organized by taxonomy within each section (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates), accompanied by common and scientific name, fact boxes (featuring lifespan, habitat, and size) and text describing diet, special features, and any other pertinent information. Symbols representing conservation and habitat status highlight a highinterest topic for kids, while colorcoding on each section provides for ease of navigation. Backmatter will include a listing of animal species along with basic information including name (scientific and common), lifespan, diet, size, and habitat. A comprehensive glossary, index, and find out more section round out this musthave resource.brbrbrbReleases simultaneously in Reinforced Library Binding 9781426310232 , 33.9039.00 Canb

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58598 words58,598 words
304 pages304 pages
Lexile IG1020LLexile IG1020L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2012Published 2012

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9781426310225

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