Educational Versions

Elephant seals are huge animals that live in the sea. When I say they are huge, I mean huge. The male elephant seal can grow to be as long as a car! They can weigh as much as two cars! That is big! This book is a shorter version of our popular “Elephant Seals: Mountains of Blubber” and is for early readers. It has only 996 easy to read words. Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Sea Stars: Stars of the Sea” and is for early readers. With only 1134 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the sea star. They will find out: How many arms can a sea star have? What kind of skin does a sea star have on the top of its body? How does a sea star turn over? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Hippos: Giants Who Love the Water” and is for early readers. With only 1156 easy to read words, young children can enjoy learning about the hippo. They will find out: How wide can a hippo open their mouth? Why do hippos sleep in the water? Can hippos surf on the waves? How far can a hippo baby walk? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Gorillas: Men of the African Forest” and is for early readers. With only 1107 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the gorilla. They will find out: Do gorillas walk around on their back legs? How long are a gorilla’s teeth? Where does a male gorilla sleep? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Penguins: Birds in Tuxedo Suits” and is for early readers. With only 1296 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the penguin. Find out: How does a penguin’s color help keep it safe? When they swim, does a penguin’s tail push it through the water? How big can a penguin be? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Wolves: Howlers of the Night” and is for early readers. With only 1291 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the wolf. They will find out: How many wolves can there be in a pack? Why is a wolf’s place in his pack important? How does a wolf say “I want to play"? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Zebras: Striped Horses of Africa” and is for early readers. With only 1089 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the zebra. They will find out: How do you tell how old a zebra is? Do zebras like to live with other animals? What is a zebra’s favorite food? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Spiders: Spinners of the Sticky Web” and is for early readers. With only 1367 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the spider. They will find out: How many eyes do spiders often have? How many parts to their body do spiders have? What is in the back part of a spider? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Polar Bears: Bears of Ice and Sea” and is for early readers. With only 1263 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the polar bears. They will find out: What color is a polar bear’s skin? Why do polar bears have fat all over their bodies? How long can a polar bear live? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Beavers: Gnawers of the Northern Woods” and is for early readers. With only 1284 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about beavers. They will find out: What color are a beaver’s front teeth? How does a beaver’s jaw help him carry logs? How many eyelids do beavers have? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Octopuses: Eight Armed Wonders” and is for early readers. With only 1006 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the octopus. They will find out: What are the two ways to say more than one octopus? What color is an octopus’ blood? What does an octopus eat? And much more! Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Sea Dragons: Animals in Disguise” and is for early readers. With only 819 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the sea dragon. They will find out: What is a sea dragon? How big are the smallest sea dragons? Where are a sea dragon’s bones? What do sea dragons eat? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Turtles: Shelled Creatures of Land and Sea” and is for early readers. With only 836 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the turtle. They will find out: Do turtles have teeth? How does a desert turtle get water? How many eggs can a sea turtle lay in a year? And more! Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Whales: Giants of the Sea” and is for early readers. With only 804 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the whale. They will find out: Are whales bigger than dinosaurs were? How many kinds of whales are there? What does a whale’s skin feel like? How far can a whale swim? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Sharks: Chompers of the Sea” and is for early readers. With only 787 easy to read words, young children can enjoy of learning about the shark. They will find out: Does a shark have more or fewer fins than a fish? Which fin moves the shark forward? How long can it take a shark to go through a whole set of teeth Educational Versions have CCSS activities

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Sea Horses: Tiny Horses of the Sea” and is for early readers. With only 609 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the sea horse. They will find out: What colors can a sea horse be? How fast does a sea horse swim? Where are a sea horse’s bones? Do sea horses have teeth? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shorter version of our popular “Dolphins: Playmates of the Sea” and is for early readers. With only 792 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the dolphin. Find out: How dolphins breathe. What colors dolphins can be. How well a dolphin can swim if it is blindfolded. How dolphins hear sounds. And more. Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

This book is a shortened version of our popular “Clown Fish: Friends of the Stinging Anemone” and is for beginning readers. With only 789 easy to read words, young children can experience the joy of learning about the clown fish. Find out: What colors can a clown fish be? Why are they called clown fish. Why do the clown fish and the anemone live together? Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

A chameleon is a lizard, but it is a very strange lizard. They don't look like other lizards. Most lizards have long, round, skinny bodies. Chameleons have bodies that are a little flatter. They also stick up into the air. Many chameleons also have horns or bumps that stick up around their head. Some of them have small bumps and some of them have big ones. Educational Versions have CCSS activitie

What animal sees with its ears and flies with its hands? Bats do. They also do many other strange things. Bats don’t see very well with their eyes. Instead, they “see” with their ears. They use sonar to find their way, and to find things in the dark. Find out: What is sonar? How many clicks will a bat send out each second? Educational Versions have CCSS activities.

Elephants are the largest animal that lives on land. They are HUGE! A male elephant can stand 12 feet (3.75 metres) tall at the shoulders. It can weigh up to 26,000 pounds (12,000 kg). That means one elephant can weigh as much as 13 small trucks! Elephants have four very strong legs. Their legs are like posts. Educational Versions have CCSS activities.

Elephant seals are huge animals that live part of their life on land. When I say they are huge, I mean huge. The male elephant seal can grow to be up to 16 feet (4.9 metres) long. They can weigh 6,600 pounds (3000 kilograms)! An average car weighs about 3,000 pounds (1360 kilograms). That means a male elephant seal can weigh more than two cars! That is big! Educational Versions have CCSS activitie

How would you like to live your life in a suit of armor? That is what an armadillo does. An armadillo is an animal that is covered in armor. It has bony plates around its body to protect it. The plates are hard, like a turtle's shell. The armadillo looks a bit like an anteater. That’s because it is a cousin of the anteater. Armadillos have very long noses. Educational Versions have CCSS activities

How would you like to eat part of your house for food during the winter? Well that's just what some beavers do. Beavers are animals that live in the water. They spend most of their time there, even though they are mammals. That means they breathe air, so part of the time they are also on land. Beavers live in the water because it is safer for them. Educational Versions have CCSS activities.

A barnacle is an animal that lives in the sea. Many people don't think of a barnacle as an animal. That's because they never see it. The animal is hidden inside a shell. A barnacle has a round body. It also has six pairs of legs. That's twelve legs! But it doesn't use its legs for walking. It uses them to eat with. Educational Versions have CCSS activities.