The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-year-old giant tortoise named Mzee. When Owen was stranded after the December 2004 tsunami, villagers in Kenya worked tirelessly to rescue him. Then, to everyone's amazement, the orphaned hippo and the elderly tortoise adopted each other. Now they are inseparable, ...
In this exciting follow-up to Owen and Mzee, the New York Times best-selling story about an orphaned baby hippo named Owen and the 130-year-old giant turtle, Mzee, the authors explore the language of love, friendship and nurturance that these two incredible creatures share with one another. This book traces their first year together, including ...
"From fruit eating bats to smart chimpanzees, from moles in their holes to seals in the seas", Dr. Seuss' famous Cat in the Hat takes young readers on a fun-filled tour of the world of mammals. This title forms part of a series of books that takes a look at natural history through a fun combination of Seussian rhymes and zany illustrations. Aimed ...
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The cordial reception given the Burgess Bird Book for Children, together with numerous letters to the author asking for information on the habits and characteristics of many of the ...
SeeMore Readers are designed for every young reader. Large, bright pictures instantly engage readers in the subject. Exciting yet simple text provides the information that kids, parents, and teachers want from key facts to fascinating trivia. Each Reader is a fun invitation to read, observe, and see more!
Text and illustrations introduce animals with fur or hair who nurse their young, breathe fresh air, and except for two species give birth to their young alive instead of laying eggs.
A look at the birth and early life of Hua Mei--a resident of the San Diego Zoo and the first giant panda cub ever to survive in captivity in the Western Hemisphere. Illustrated with color photographs.
This remarkable evolution series, narrated by the Universe itself, concludes with Book 3, the amazing story of mammals. It picks up with the extinction of dinosaurs, and tells how tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings . . . horses, whales and a kind of mammal with a powerful imagination-you. It's a story of chaos, ...
"The joy of the book comes in the artist's addition of a child who lives the life of a chipmunk--running, sleeping underground, cleaning, eating, appealing to a small child's natural fascination with size. . . . Effective, understated, funny, and quite beautiful".--Kirkus Reviews, starred review.
After the 2004 tsunami hit Southeast Asia, a little hippo was discovered orphaned and far from home. Named Owen by his caretakers in an animal sanctuary, he soon found an unlikely best friend in a 130-year-old tortoise named Mzee. Full color.
This is the true story of two great friends: a baby hippo named Owen and a giant tortoise named Mzee. In December 2004, a frightened young hippo, separated from his family by the devastating tsunami in South-East Asia, adopted a 130-year-old tortoise as his 'mother'. And the tortoise remarkably accepted the baby hippo as his own. Owen and Mzee are ...
Did you know that bats aren't birds, but mammals? That they sleep upside down? That their babies are called batlings? That they shout as they fly, using their voices to find their way? This is a study of the fascinating nocturnal world of the bat, the monarch of the night.
From Dave Eggers and the forces behind McSweeney's comes a new subversive series of tongue-in-cheek knowledge books for young readers. While aiming to be more entertaining than educational, these first two titles offer some information that may be inadvertently true. Full color.
Part I shows readers what a mammal lifecycle is like. Part II is a field guide to identifiy animals from the bear to the rabbit to the seal. Part III contains a waterproof, portable mammal spotter's guide. Full color.
From beetles and bears to snakes and spiders, this photographic reference collects extraordinary information about animals from all over the world. Full color.
The Ice Age Sabertooth was one of the fiercest cats to ever live. Because so many sabertooth cats died in the asphalt pools of what is now known as Rancho La Brea in Los Angeles, scientists know more about them than any other prehistoric cat. This title tells how these ferocious predators lived, hunted, and killed their prey, and what they may ...
An account of the damage caused by the 1989 "Exxon Valdez" oil spill in the Prince William Sound of Alaska. This study focuses on the rescue of the sea otters who were accidentally poisoning themselves while grooming their oil covered bodies. The otters needed to be caught, cleaned, dried, fed, and ultimately released back into their environment. ...
It looks like a bear, climbs trees as easily as a monkey, and has a belly pocket like a kangaroo. Meet the amazing Matschie's tree kangaroo, who makes its home in the ancient trees of Papua New Guinea's cloud forest. And meet the amazing scientists who track these elusive animals. Full color.
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