Monkeys have tails. Leopards have spots. Toucans have brightly colored beaks. Many animals have features that make them easy to identify. This exciting nonfiction book, which is paired with the fiction title Have You Every Wondered?, takes readers on a jungle adventure where they'll learn about animal identification. Age-appropriate text helps young students grasp this important early elementary science topic. Dazzling full-color photographs highlight the distinguishing features of animals in their jungle environments. Students are encouraged to make connections between the images and the text as they read about identifying jungle creatures.

Looks at the tails of several animals that have adapted to their environments, from the massive fluke of a whale to the prehensile tale of a spider monkey.

Whether long or short, feathery or furry, an animal’s tail is a fascinating part of its body. Swishing, swinging, slapping, stinging, each tail is a tool that helps the animal survive in its special environment. Amazing Animal Tails, part of the How Animals Use Their Body Parts series, introduces children to the fascinating functions of nine different animal tails. Young readers hear the tales of animal tails and learn they truly are amazing. Each title includes many beautiful large, close-up photos.

Invites readers to guess which animal is featured on each page and learn fascinating facts about it.

Why do animals have tails? Parents and kids take turns reading about awesome animals and how their tails help them move, communicate, and stay safe. This Level 1 Co-Reader takes readers around the world to meet some kid-favorite and exciting new creatures whose tails have remarkable abilities. Learn how dolphins use their powerful to swim up the Amazon River, why a pangolin uses its scaly tail to curl into a ball, and how a mom and baby spider monkey swing from tree to tree with their long, fluffy tails! Each page features compelling descriptive text and engaging photographs along with fascinating facts. Fun activity pages allow parents and kids to engage with the content even more while also building vocabulary. National Geographic Kids Readers have been solid performers in the beginning reader category, and this book builds upon that success with a different approach--parents and children reading together. With the same combination of careful text, brilliant photographs, and a fun approach to high-interest subjects that has proved to be a winning formula with kids, National Geographic Co-readers provide one page of adult read-aloud and one page of kid read-aloud text on each spread, facilitating a collaborative reading experience. So come along for a tale of animal tails and learn what makes them so special!

Twenty-two short stories featuring animals in a religious setting.

From the ocean floor to the treetops of the rain forest, tails are found on animals all around the world! Leveled text introduces beginning readers to tails and how their unique shapes help animals in amazing ways. Alongside large text and vibrant photographs, features call out different tail shapes and specific ways animals use their tails. Readers will be excited to learn more about animal parts after taking in this engaging book!

If you could have any animal's tail, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and you had sprouted a tail overnight? What If You Had An Animal Tail? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw that you had an animal tail! From a peacock's showstopping tail to a scorpion's dangerous stinger, discover what it would be like if you had one of these special tails -- and find out why your own tailbone is just the right one for you!

Most animals have one, but that's where the similarities end! Squirrels balance with theirs, rattlesnakes use them as a warning, hippos use them to flick poo around, scorpions use theirs to inject venom and many birds use them for showing off!The variety of ways in which animals use their tails is truly staggering and this fantastic book has got all the facts on animal tails, whipped! Gorgeous photographs illustrate the tails of the animal kingdom and all the extraordinary ways they have evolved to help their owners live in harmony with the environment.You didn't know you needed a book on animal tails - but you'll soon be wondering why you haven't had one sooner! It's a cool way to take a sideways look at the animal kingdom and you will be enthralled and delighted by this incredible book.For readers aged 8+Also available in this series: Animal Tongues.