How Do Animals Find Food? - Softcover

Kalman, Bobbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865059632 ISBN 13: 9780865059634

Publisher: Crabtree Classics, 2000

Synopsis

Without food, an animal cannot survive. With so many competing species, carnivores and herbivores alike have developed fascinating methods of finding the food that keeps them fat and happy. How do animals find food? lets children in on all the latest jaw-dropping, mouth-cramming, stomach-stuffing techniques, such as: - pack hunting versus solitary hunting - climbers that eat the succulent leaves found in tall trees - animals that poison their prey - animals that use lures to "fish" for their food!

About this title

About the Author

Bobbie Kalman is the author and publisher of more than two hundred quality children's library books. She has created many of Crabtree's most popular series, including "The Early Settler Life Series," "The Historic Communities Series" and "The Crabapples Series" of "starter" books for younger children. Bobbie's latest series include "The Science of Living Things" and "Sports in Action." Bobbie's series are extremely successful in schools and public libraries because she writes them with specific curriculum needs in mind. She works with a writing team of creative writers who thoroughly research each topic. Colorful, attractive covers and entertaining text make her books sell equally well in bookstores and museums. Bobbie holds degrees in English, Psychology, and Education. She has taught at both the elementary and secondary level. As well as being a teacher, Bobbie has worked as an educational consultant with several publishing companies.

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Reviews

Grade 2-4-These books have great visual impact. For example, How Do Animals Find Food?, the less-dramatic title, has eye-catching close-ups of a praying mantis crunching a bee and of birds of prey and their kill. The one-page topics include "Crabby hunters and scavengers" and "It's all in the beak!" Informative captions also add details to the colorful illustrations as readers learn how spiders "liquefy" the insides of their prey and see a snake swallow a meal whole with jaws unhinged. Camouflage and Mimicry has up-close and eye-to-eye photos of a "shade shifting" gecko and "two toned" fish and birds. Short bits of information highlight the many species that blend in and stand out with colors as well as those with sophisticated adaptations that make them look like everything from seaweed to bird droppings. Good collection updates.
Melanie S. Wible, Kanoheda Elementary, Lawrenceville, GA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Chasing insects Many birds eat insects. They have long, narrow beaks that work like tweezers to pluck flying insects out of the air. Flycatchers are able to change direction quickly while flying in order to catch their prey. A flycatcher is able to determine which insects are the easiest to catch.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865059632
• ISBN 13: 9780865059634
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32