Wild Animals

by Time-Life Books

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809448777
• ISBN13: 9780809448777
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Another Time-Life book for young readers

Back in the early 1990s, I bought a boatload of DK Eyewitness Books and Time-Life books in the "A Child's First Library of Learning" series for my son. Both are fine resources for young readers (and maybe even for those who can't read but can learn from their parents reading the books to them). The focus of this volume is "Wild Animals." The format for this Time-Life series is, simply, an array of questions, with answers provided, as well as illustrations and photographs. The first question in this book: "Which is the fastest animal?" Then, the answer follows--the cheetah at 70 mph. Other creatures' speeds: Pronghorn, 60 mph; giraffe, 35 mph; bat, 15 mph; human sprinter, 25 mph; turtle, 2 mph. Fun stuff for kids! Or, on page 34, "How can bats catch insects even on the darkest night?" For those in the know, the answer is the use of an analogue to radar. The book says (Page 34): "Bats make sounds that are much too high for us to hear. . . .When the waves strike a flying insect, the sound bounces back, or echoes. The bat hears this with its huge ears." Or, as a final example, (Page 48): "Why do wolves howl"? Answer: This communicates a pack's territory and tends to keep other wolf packs away. As well as the Q-A, on page 49 there is a set of facts about the wolf way-of-life. So, for young readers who are interested in the animal kingdom, this would make a good gift for them. This is a book that would help them to learn--and should be fun for them in the process.