Curious Creatures – serie

From where they are hiding to where they call home, animals are very curious creatures. This large-format board book is full of facts about animals and their habitats and is a perfect introduction for toddlers and preschoolers to the "who lives where" in the natural world. Discover how animals and insects like moles, mice, squirrels, bees, bats, owls, foxes, brown bears, wolves, hedgehogs, penguins, cats, and dogs live, along with clues about their behavior and way of life. Each spread looks at various types of habitats, from hollows and beehives to doghouses and burrows. Young children will be fascinated by how differently each of these animals makes their homes and where they choose to sleep and eat with their families. Fun family story time book to read aloud or to read independently.High-growth topics treated with an original approach for the youngest readers.Perfect for preschool and kindergarten students and homeschool curriculums.The bold pictures pair with the wildly informative text to capture the interest of little ones and have them asking to read it again and again!

“Unbelemurable...Quirky, original illustrations compliment the storytelling in a book that both children and adults will love and learn from.” —Daniel Flynn, Oakland Zoo/My Rainforest, My World Program Award-winning writer and illustrator Andrea Antinori takes us on a whimsical journey that marries fiction and fact as he explores the history, habits, and habitats of lemurs, one of the funniest (and most fun to draw) animals on the planet.Have you ever heard a lemur sing? Did you know that in the morning lemurs sunbathe while doing yoga and worshiping the sun? And some can even levitate. In this whimsical, fictional take on lemurs, which incorporates many true facts, award-winning writer and illustrator Andrea Antinori amusingly chronicles the history, habits, and quirks of one of the most unusual animals on the planet. The lemurs’ story begins fifty million years ago, when they left Africa on the back of a sperm whale and landed in Madagascar (maybe)…and the rest is an unnatural history. Comprehensive educational backmatter presents amazing (and true) facts about these incredible and seriously endangered animals.

In Earth's jungles and deserts and deep beneath the sea curious creatures are hard at work. Some resourceful animals use tools to get the job done, just like you do. There are bottlenose dolphins holding sponges to protect their snouts, chimps wielding rocky hammers and tailorbirds stitching leaves with spider silk. Learn how and why these animals toil with tools, and discover that you have more in common with them than you ever imagined. Children will learn all about these clever creatures, and explore how their daily routines have a lot in common with human kids! A perfect book for children with a curiosity to learn more about the wonderful animals we share our planet with.

There are spiders that dance, whales that sing and lemurs that communicate with seriously smelly stink fights! Learn to read the signals they send and discover what these amazing animals are actually saying. You might find you have more in common than you ever imagined.