検索キーワード： 動物学

This audiobook serves as a companion to the print and eBook versions, where unbelievably detailed, close-up images of 20 common North American animals bring young readers eye-to-eye with wildlife found in their own backyards. Photographed against white backgrounds, the incredible creatures' colors, shapes, textures, and seeming personalities shine. Entertaining and educational narratives accompany the animals, highlighting fascinating natural history information.

What is an insect? Crickets, mosquitos, ladybugs, and many other creatures are all insects!

Some mammals have a little fur or hair, others have a lot! Learn how fur helps these animals survive.

How do animals like bighorn sheep, yaks, and snow leopards survive in the mountains? Discover their adaptations and see!

Lions, and zebras, and termites, oh my! Learn why a grassland is a perfect habitat for these animals and more.

Find out why the forest is a perfect habitat for animals like porcupines, bears, and deer.

How does an egg become a butterfly? Follow each step in nature's cycle - from egg to brightly colored insect - in this fascinating book!

What does it mean to migrate? Discover which animals migrate and why they migrate through detailed, simple text.

Hibernation is a cycle that some animals go through every year. Most people know that bears hibernate. But why do they hibernate? And what other animals hibernate?

All kinds of animals have skin - even humans! Compare the many features of skin.

What animals have shells? See the wide variety, from armadillos and snails to crabs and turtles.

Compare different types of scales and discover how they protect the bodies of fish and reptiles.

Discover how adaptations make the ocean a perfect habitat for whales, lobsters, sea horses, and many more animals.

Fish swim and ducks paddle. Beavers build and herons wade. Discover how these animals and others adapt to living in a lake.

How do animals like snakes, roadrunners, and scorpions survive in the desert? Discover their adaptations and see!

What is a bird? Parrots, bluebirds, ostriches, and many other creatures are all birds!

Learn what a Siberian tiger has in common with an elk. Discover what sets a Siberian tiger apart from a Tasmanian devil. Listeners will compare and contrast key traits of Siberian tigers - their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle - to traits of other mammals. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, listeners will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a mammal and how mammals are alike and different from each other.

Find out what a platypus has in common with a beaver or a dolphin. Learn what sets a platypus apart from a giraffe or a wild dog. Listeners will compare key traits of platypuses - their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle - to traits of other mammals. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, listeners will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a mammal and how mammals are alike and different from each other.

Learn what a mountain gorilla has in common with a hippopotamus. Find out what sets a mountain gorilla apart from a raccoon or a mountain lion. Listeners will compare key traits of mountain gorillas - their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle - to traits of other mammals. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, listeners will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a mammal and how mammals are alike and different from each other.

Discover what a humpback whale has in common with a gibbon or a caribou. Learn what sets a humpback whale apart from a hedgehog or a sloth. Listeners will compare key traits of humpback whales - their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle - to traits of other mammals. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, listeners will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a mammal and how mammals are alike and different from each other.