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The Amazing Fat-Tailed Gecko: A Chapter Book for Young Explorers - Softcover

Book 4 of 13: Young Explorers

Giampa, Joshua Chase

 
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Synopsis

What has cat-like eyes, a tail shaped like a turnip, and can drop its tail to escape a predator?

Meet the fat-tailed gecko — one of the most amazing little reptiles on Earth!

In The Amazing Fat-Tailed Gecko, young readers will travel to the grasslands of West Africa to discover a gentle lizard with incredible survival skills. This nocturnal gecko stores food in its fat tail, sheds and eats its own skin, and has eyelids that let it blink — something most geckos cannot do.

Inside this book, readers will learn:
• How the fat-tailed gecko uses its chunky tail to store energy for tough times
• Why this gecko can blink and clean its own eyes with its eyelids
• How it uses camouflage, tail drops, and a secret defense posture to fool predators
• What baby geckos look like and how temperature decides if they are male or female
• Why fat-tailed geckos are popular pets and how scientists are studying them

Packed with fun facts, a glossary, quiz questions, and hands-on activities, this chapter book makes learning about the fat-tailed gecko an adventure.

Written at a second-grade reading level. Perfect for young readers ages 7–9.

Book 1 in the Chapter Books for Young Explorers series.

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