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The Usborne world of animals / Susanna Davidson and Mike Unwin ; designed by Andrea Slane and Michelle Lawrence ; illustrated by Lee Montgomery and Ian Jackson.

By: Davidson, SusannaContributor(s): Unwin, Mike | Montgomery, Lee, 1961- [ill.] | Jackson, Ian, 1960- [ill.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scholastic, c2005 [2006 printing]Description: 128 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cmISBN: 043986321X (pbk.); 9780439863216Other title: World of animals [Portion of title]Subject(s): Animals -- Juvenile literatureLOC classification: QL49 | .D355 2005
Contents:
Internet links -- Animal planet: Animal kingdom -- On the move -- Meal time -- Seeing and hearing -- Smell, taste and touch -- Animal talk -- Getting together -- Growing up -- Journeys and rest -- Living together -- Hide and seek -- Animal homes -- Conservation -- South and Central America: Andes mountains -- The rainforest canopy -- The Amazon -- Grassland life -- North America: Rocky mountains -- The prairies -- Sonoran desert -- Florida everglades -- Africa: Namib desert -- Congo jungle -- Serengeti plains -- Okavango delta -- Madagascar -- Europe: Pyrenees mountains -- Coto Doñana -- The Western isles -- Asia: Desert lands -- Himalayan mountains -- Sichuan forests -- Borneo's swamps -- Sumatra -- Australasia: Tropical north -- The outback -- Southern forests -- New Zealand -- The Arctic and Antarctica: The Arctic -- Tundra and taiga -- Antarctica -- Ocean life: Coral reefs -- The open ocean -- Deep sea monsters -- Fact file: Animal facts -- Animal records -- Animal quiz -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: The extraordinary photographs and simple, yet informative text in this fascinating introduction to the creatures of the world will enthrall young children. Includes maps, with animal icons to help readers locate the different species, animal facts, classification charts and an animal quiz.
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"Internet linked" - cover.

Includes index.

Internet links -- Animal planet: Animal kingdom -- On the move -- Meal time -- Seeing and hearing -- Smell, taste and touch -- Animal talk -- Getting together -- Growing up -- Journeys and rest -- Living together -- Hide and seek -- Animal homes -- Conservation -- South and Central America: Andes mountains -- The rainforest canopy -- The Amazon -- Grassland life -- North America: Rocky mountains -- The prairies -- Sonoran desert -- Florida everglades -- Africa: Namib desert -- Congo jungle -- Serengeti plains -- Okavango delta -- Madagascar -- Europe: Pyrenees mountains -- Coto Doñana -- The Western isles -- Asia: Desert lands -- Himalayan mountains -- Sichuan forests -- Borneo's swamps -- Sumatra -- Australasia: Tropical north -- The outback -- Southern forests -- New Zealand -- The Arctic and Antarctica: The Arctic -- Tundra and taiga -- Antarctica -- Ocean life: Coral reefs -- The open ocean -- Deep sea monsters -- Fact file: Animal facts -- Animal records -- Animal quiz -- Glossary -- Index.

The extraordinary photographs and simple, yet informative text in this fascinating introduction to the creatures of the world will enthrall young children. Includes maps, with animal icons to help readers locate the different species, animal facts, classification charts and an animal quiz.

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