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Get to know the birds you can find in your backyard, with this beginner's guide to over 40 common birds east of the Mississippi. For each bird, icons show its size, habitat, food, and nesting habits; descriptions include fun facts and behaviors to watch for. With over 200 color photographs, Backyard Birds of the East is a wonderful and fact-packed introduction to birdwatching for kids ages 5 to 9.

Some are tiny, some not so much, but all the creatures in this book are the smallest species of their kind.

Get to know some of the more common birds that live in your backyard: - Brown Creeper: these little birds are a bit tricky to see. They climb up tree trunks, where their brown feathers blend in with the colour of the bark. - Bohemian Waxwing: In winter, watch for large flocks of these birds hopping around in the trees, eating berries. - Merlin: Don't be fooled by its small size. The Merlin is a fierce predator that attacks smaller birds as they are flying and snatches them from the air.

Get to know some of the more common birds that live in the mountains: - American Dipper: the American Dipper walks underwater along the bottom of cold mountain streams to find its prey. - Golden Eagle: these big eagles will snatch mountain goat lambs off the sides of mountains. - White-tailed Ptarmigan: its feet are covered with feathers, which act like snowshoes so the bird can walk on deep snow.

Get to know some of the more common birds that live in the forest: - Northern Goshawk: this hawk eats squirrels, hares and other birds like woodpeckers, grouse and Blue Jays. - Great Horned Owl: Great Horned Owls usually hunt at night but in winter will sometimes hunt during the day. The best time to see them is at dusk. - Downy Woodpecker: this little woodpecker has feathered nostrils so it doesn't get sawdust in its nose when it is pecking wood.

Here are some of the most amazIng animal architects in the world. These animals have been building intricate structures since long before humans began constructing complex dwellings: - The log cabin bagworm larva builds a tiny log cabin out of twigs. - Snails make a hard shell from minerals and protein. -The rufous hornero bird builds a large clay nest that spirals like a seashell.

Mother Nature has created some of the most weird and wonderful plants. KidsWorld brings you the weirdest of all plants - the Venus flytrap catches and eats insects. - The corpse flower gives off an odor of rotting flesh. - The happy alien flowers look just like their name - The monkey orchid has the face of a monkey in its center.

Turtles are cool creatures, cold blooded reptiles who have hard shells to protect them from predators. - Most turtles can hide their heads and entire bodies in their shells when attacked. - Turtles have been around for 215 million years. - Sea turtles drink salt water because of glands that can remove salt from saltwater. - The largest turtle species are the leatherback sea turtles that can weigh up to 900 kilograms 2000 lbs.

Snakes are long, legless reptiles that are masters of disguise and experts hunters. Although many people fear snakes, most snakes helpfully eat great numbers of rats and mice and other pests. The fear of snakes is called ophiophobia. Most species of snakes are not venomous. All snakes are carnivores. Snakes can swallow prey larger than their heads. Snakes don't have eyelids. Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica Snakes can range from about 10 cm long to over 6 metres! Snakes smell with their tongue.

Frogs and toads are remarkable creatures. They are amphibians that live partly in water and partly on land, and they hoppity hop from lilypad to lilypad. Frogs breathe with their lungs and through their skin, and have hearts with three chambers instead of four. Frogs have sticky tongues that they use to catch and eat insects, spiders, and other small creatures. Frogs have bulging eyes that can see all the way around. Male frogs can sign to attract a mate and to mark their territory. All toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads. Toads usually prefer terrestrial habitats and have warty skin.

Bed bugs and earwigs and spiders, oh my! They are all around us, lurking in our basements or skittering quickly up our walls. Creepy crawlies! In this book you won't find the cute lady bugs or bumble bees of the bug world. Nope! Only the creepiest, crawliest creatures made their way onto these pages. And they are sure to make your skin crawl.

Nothing can beat the beauty of nature...but not all things in nature are beautiful. In fact, some are downright disgusting. Whether they are gross in appearance or have gross behaviours, the creatures you meet in this book will make you say "Eewwwwww!!!"

60 photographs and descriptions of beautiful butterflies.

Spiders are amazing creatures. There are more than 38,000 known species of spiders, and a human is said to never be more than 3 meters away from a spider. Spiders are NOT insects. Spiders have eight legs and two bodily sections, while insects have six legs and three bodily sections. Some spiders are poisionous (and deadly), but most are not. All spiders produce silk, which many species use to spin webs and capture their prey. The largest spider is the Goliath birdeater. It can grow to be 28 centimeters wide and have fangs that are 2.5 centimeters long.

Bees and other pollinators help pollinate the plants that give us many of our favourite foods. Bees are North America''s most important pollinators. Honeybees have 2 stomachs. One is for food, and the other is used to carry nectar back to the hive. Chocolate is made from the cacao plant. Without bats to pollinate the cacao plant, there would be no chocolate!

You will LOVE these hilarious dinosaur jokes: Q: Why was the T-Rex wearing a Band-Aid? A: Because he had a dino-sore. Q: Why can''t you hear a pterodactyl using the bathroom? A: Because the "p" is silent. Q: What do you call it when a dinosaur gets in a car accident? A: Tyrannosaurus wreck! Q: What do you call a dinosaur with a big vocabulary? A: A thesaurus.

Q: Why do elephants paint their toenails different colors? A: So they can hide in Smarties boxes! Q: Have you ever seen an elephant in a Smarties box? A: See how good they hide! Riddles and jokes about animals that will have you rolling on the floor!