A Mob of Meerkats: and Other Mammal Groups (Animals in Groups) - Softcover

Spilsbury, Louise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1432964887 ISBN 13: 9781432964887

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree, 2012

Synopsis

Different animals live together in different ways. In this book, readers find out how meerkats form mobs and work together to find food and raise young. The book also explores how other mammals, such as lions and elephants, live in groups.

About this title

About the Author:

Louise Spilsbury is an experienced author of nonfiction books for young people. Her writing covers a wide range of topics from animals and science to history and social studies.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 3-6-This series is chock-full of information, presented in an engaging format. The focus is on how and why certain animals form groups. Within that context, readers will come away with plenty of facts about the creatures' physical characteristics, diet, habitat, social behavior, and predators. While each title promises information on other groups, the titular animal gets the limelight: a couple of others are briefly mentioned in each volume, mainly for comparison. The text is nicely sized and interspersed with captioned, eye-catching photographs. Text boxes offer additional tidbits, including information about human interaction and endangered habitats. Each volume contains a helpful food-web diagram along with abundant back matter. Solid choices for libraries looking for report-writing or browsing materials for middle grade students.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1432964887
• ISBN 13: 9781432964887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48