Little Wonders: Animal Babies and Their Families

by Marilyn Baillie

Book Overview

Amazing Things Animals Do, a series from Owl Books, offers a unique overview of animal behavior for young children. Children are fascinated by babies, and in Little Wonders they discover the amazing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1895688310
• ISBN13: 9781895688313
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Maple Tree Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A little book with a lot of wonder

With clear, gentle language Marilyn Baillie introduces 12 different animal babies and their diverse families: -- all-female herds of elephants that share baby-rearing duties -- joey kangaroos that spend most of the first 9 months of their lives inside their mother's pouches -- red-billed hornbirds, which seal themselves into tree cavities for protection -- ocean-faring sea otter pups and their mothers -- little brown bats, only children who share their upside-down roosts with hundreds of other bat pups -- alligator babies, which count their mother's ferocious mouths for protection -- as well as emperor penguins, orangutans seahorses, meerkats, polar bears, and cuckoo birds This 32-page book also features small photographs and vivid watercolor-and-pencil illustrations. The last page contains a "Who am I?" quiz with clues ("I cling very tightly to my mother as we swing through the treetops") describing every baby animal included in the book. With its age appropriate writing and entertaining stories stories about the diversity of animal life, Little Wonders is sure to be a hit with young children.