Animals Nonfiction

Horses began 55 million years ago in North America before migrating to Asia. One day, Europeans would bring horses back to the plains of North America.

A wild bird and the Boran people in Africa help each other to find honey.

Young Carla finds some strange looking footprints in the backyard, and her family makes a trip to the museum to figure out what left them. They learn about the relationship between birds and dinosaurs.

An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his love of the sport to readers on a personal level in this intimate essay about the life of a litter of pups born to pull sleds across the snowy frontier - and the marvel he experiences as he watches them grow and learn.

What are baby owls called? Baby deer? Early book explorers will learn these names and more about furry forest babies. Tightly controlled text provides an engaging and supportive early book using experience.

Spend time with some aww-dorable babies in this series for beginning learners! Simple, predictable text supports students just starting to learn on their own. Listeners will learn basic facts about each baby including favorite foods and how they play. Young listeners will love growing with favorite animal babies in this series that is simply too cute!

Download these books to treat yourself to some of the cutest baby animals around. It doesn't matter if they are eating, sleeping, or playing, the babies in this series are absolutely adorable. Expect to smile and laugh as you listen.

How does a tadpole become a frog? How does a butterfly’s diet change from larva to adult? Follow insects, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians as they transform into adults. Young listeners will hear about each animals as it completes its unique life cycle.

Spend time with some aww-dorable babies in this series for beginning listeners! Listeners will learn basic facts about each baby including favorite foods and how they play. Features show the animals at each life stage and reinforce facts from the text. Young listeners will love growing with favorite animal babies in this series that is simply too cute! This volume includes Baby Deer, Baby Ducks, Baby Foxes, Baby Giraffes, Baby Koalas Baby Pandas, and Baby Tigers.

You see a fin poke out of the water. It’s a big gray animal with a friendly face. It looks like a dolphin, but is it a porpoise? Dolphins and porpoises are similar, but they have some important differences. Find out how their fins, mouths, teeth, and behaviors can all help you tell these two animal look-alikes apart.

An animal that looks like a turtle munches on some grass. It has scales and a hard shell. But is it a turtle or a tortoise? Turtles and tortoises are similar, but they have some important differences. Find out how their legs, feet, shells, and behaviors can all help you tell these two animal look-alikes apart.

A brownish creature with bumps and lumps sits on rock. Is it a frog or a toad? From the color of their skin to how they move, frogs and toads are not the same. Dive right in to discover how they are alike and how they are different.

Two beady eyes peek out of the water. Is it a crocodile or an alligator? They may look similar, but these two reptiles have many differences, including where they live and the shape of their snout. Let’s find out what fearsome creature is really lurking below the water and explore their differences.

Flutter, flutter! What did you just see? Was it a butterfly or a moth? Butterflies and moths are similar, but they have some important differences. Find out how their colors, antennae, bodies, and behaviors can all help you tell these two animal look-alikes apart.

In the Black Hills of South Dakota lie eleven thousand acres of breathtaking rangeland and rimrock, canyons and pastures - home to more than three hundred wild mustangs. This preserve was the vision of one man - Dayton Hyde - who conceived of a place where wild horses could live and die in freedom and dignity.

These are the adventures and discoveries of the scientists who revealed the secrets of the Komodo dragon. This strange creature inspired myth and legend, luring brave souls into the forests of Indonesia to see if the tales were true. In the end, it attracted scientists, who unraveled the mysteries of how such a remarkable creature could exist, how it uses the deadly germs in its saliva to its advantage, and how those microbes may lead to cures for stubborn diseases.

Puffins are seabirds with large beaks. They look like a cross between penguins and parrots. Their teeth point backward to help them catch fish. Find out more details about these unique birds.

A giraffe is born on the African savanna. He has many life skills to learn before he can live on his own. Follow along as this small creature becomes one of the tallest land mammals on Earth.

Kangaroos don’t run. They hop! Discover what else these animals do in the desert.

Rats are opportunistic, living in human cities provides them with food, shelter, and everything else they need!