Guinea Pigs.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about guinea pigs as pets. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.

Guinea pigs look a little like pigs, with their short, round bodies. They even squeal like pigs! However, guinea pigs are not pigs—they’re rodents. Readers are sure to enjoy this fun and enlightening book about one of the world’s most popular pets. The text includes facts about where guinea pigs live, what they eat, how to care for them, and more. Informative text is paired with colorful, close-up photographs of these charming, furry critters.

Hermit crabs have 10 legs and switch shells when they get too big for their current shell. The answers to many questions about hermit crabs are found in this bilingual book. English language learners discover how to take care of these fascinating pets through accessible text presented in both English and standard Latin American Spanish. Detailed photographs are presented alongside engaging and informative text in a way that makes learning about these pets educational and entertaining.

In bouncy, appealing rhyme, young readers are introduced to a classroom with a hairy problem-guinea pigs that keep adding and adding! From one lonely guinea pig to two to five and all the way up to twenty, the kids find that having a classroom pet is more than they bargained for. Finally, each student gets to take a guinea pig home, until they are left with zero. That is, until Mr. Gilbert brings in a rabbit with a growing belly . . . ! From master storyteller Margery Cuyler and with energetic illustrations from Tracey Campbell Pearson, Guinea Pigs Add Up is perfect for budding mathematicians-or anyone with a love for unruly animals.

Answers to unusual questions, using mathematics. First two questions, as examples: How many birds would it take to pick you up and fly with you?; and, How many bees does it take to make one jar of honey?

In this hilarious adventure for elementary school readers, a team of lovable, fuzzy guinea pigs gets online to solve their mysteries. Fuzzy the guinea pig is a great friend to have--he's always cheerful, he cooks like a pro (his specialty is ketchup and dish soap), and he loves to surf the web. Fuzzy's stylish hutch-mate Coco is his best friend, though even she can't understand his fascination with computers. When Fuzzy goes missing, though, Coco is forced to get online for answers. On the social site Micespace she learns that her friend could be in terrible danger, so Coco assembles an extraction team to get him back: Terry, a technology whiz whose computer skills are second to none; Banoffee, a mother of fourteen with the organizational and motivational powers to match; and Eduardo, the heroic (and very handsome) Peruvian freedom fighter. Will Coco and her guinea pig commandos find a way to rescue Fuzzy and get back home alive?

In this delightful introduction to basic addition, one guinea pig is joined by another, and they're joined by another, and so on until 10 guinea pigs are cavorting together. And these youngsters can count on their moms and dads for a great big hug, adding up to a total of 20 guinea pigs. Full-color illustrations.

A charming retelling of Jane Austen’s classic love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, featuring the sweet, rotund little piglets who brought you A Guinea Pig Nativity.

One of the most popular and well-written books about guinea pigs on the market. Topics include housing, choosing, health care and behavior. The Proper Care of Guinea Pigs is written by a well-respected authority on guinea pigs and will make owners more enthusiastic about owning them.