Fennec Fox (Heinemann Read and Learn: a Day in the Life: Desert Animals) - Softcover

Ganeri, Anita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143294780X ISBN 13: 9781432947804

Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree, 2011

Synopsis

This book follows a Fennec Fox through its day as it sleeps, eats, and moves in its desert habitat.

About this title

About the Author:

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of information books for children. Educated at Cambridge University, she has written more than 300 books, including the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series (Scholastic Children's Books) which won a 2009 Blue Peter Book Award. She writes widely on animals and the natural world. A recent title for Raintree, A Day in the Life of Rainforest Animals: Capybara, has been shortlisted for a Maryland Blue Crab Award 2012. Anita lives in the north of England with her husband, children and assorted pets.

Review:

Like other volumes in the A Day in the Life: Desert Animals series, this book introduces a single species from a desert habitatin this case, the Sahara, where the house catsized fennec fox lives. Nearly every page in the book features a large photo of a --Booklist

From the scary-looking giant hairy desert scorpion to the ""lets get one"" baby meerkat, the engaging full-color photographs are key to these well-organized books. Basic information about the animals is provided, including where they live, what they look l --School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 143294780X
• ISBN 13: 9781432947804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24