Award winning Unusual Animals A-Z is quirky, imaginative, educational and just plain fun. Whether it's Andre the aardvark or Zena the zorilla, each of these twenty-six unusual animals is introduced to the reader with a colorful watercolor painting and a factual characteristic. While Bernie the bearded dragon likes to bask in the sun, Morris the manatee uses his small front flippers and massive body to body surf through the waves. Each animal has the same lettered name and when the reader reaches the end, he has twenty-six chances to come up with one of his own.

There are lots and lots of creatures in our world. How many do you know? Do you know how strong an ant really is? Do you know what a bat likes to eat? Do you know where a kangaroo lives? Do you know why moles are blind? Do you know why the nightingale sings only at night? Do you know which animal sleeps upside down? Do you know who uses stripes to hide? Come inside for a fun adventure around the animal kingdom! Youll get to meet a few of the creatures who share our planet. Youll learn some fun new facts about your favorite animals. Youll meet some new animals too. Youll learn the answers to all the questions aboveand then some. Animals AZ: Poems for Early Readers is your ticket to an exciting trip to learning for readers of all ages. All Aboard! *** Created by an experienced early educator and designed to capture a young childs imagination, Animals AZ is a book that young readers can enjoy on their own. During her thirty-year career as a teacher for grades K2, Gail found the use of rhymes, repetition, and memorization beneficial in teaching children to read successfully. With a blend of fun facts, bright rhymes, and colorful illustrations, the whole family will enjoy learning about animals from A to Z!

****Children's Nonfiction**** A fun A-Z guide of some little known facts about your favorite animals.

A photographic survey, done in alphabetical order, of some of the world's most unusual animals, inhabitants of the land, sea, and air, with descriptions of their physical characteristics and behavior.

Covers a wide variety of species of animals in the world, including mammals that fly, birds that laugh, fish that walk, and insects that consult over nesting options, to identify just a few of the amazing behaviors animals provide.

An illustrated, alphabetical list of some of the world's most unusual creatures - such as echnidnas, lungfish and tube-nosed fruit bats.