A collection of light-hearted poems about the feeding habits of elephants, spiders, snakes, dogs, and other animals.
Feast your eyes on the latest split-page board books from Eric Carle. In the sumptuous My Very First Book of Food, children can match each animal with the food it eats. Do you know what a squirrel eats? How about a seal? In My Very First Book of Motion, children can match each animal with the way it moves. Which animal hops? Which one waddles? Only you can match them. These fun books are full o…
Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, Akeyo. Which fruit will Akeyo like best, she wonders — the yellow banana, the sweet guava, the juicy orange, the ripe mango, the spiky pineapple, the creamy avocado, or the tangy passion fruit? As Handa makes the long walk to the next village, carrying the basket on her head, a monkey, ostrich, zebra, elephant, giraffe, ante…
All living things need food to survive, but not all living things eat the same kinds of food. Plants make their own food from sunlight, air, and water. This book helps children learn about food-gathering techniques animals use, such as camouflage, echolocation, pouncing, trapping, poisoning, and using tools.
This series describes the basic needs of most plants and animals. Each topic is introduced by looking at human needs, so the reader can compare and contrast their own needs with those of plants and animals. Familiar examples show the variety of ways living things get the basic necessities of life and also look at how some living things have adapted to survive with only limited resources.