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Rhyming text introduces bug-eating animals such as geckos, trout, or even people. Includes additional facts about each creature.

This book tells about 13 different types of caterpillars, from the banded woolly bear to the green grappler of Hawaii.

Illustrations and text provide a close-up look at the physical characteristics and habits of twelve different spiders and daddy-longlegs.

Describes the lives of thirteen reptiles.

Readers follow the movements of a wide array of animals - from the grizzly bear to the red-sided garter snake to the hummingbird - as they prepare for dormant periods that may last an entire season or just a few hours.

Contrasts a child, preparing to go to bed after a story and a hug, with a mole, bat, horse, and other animals who sleep in quite different places.

Describes thirteen of the world's largest insects, including the birdwing butterfly and the Goliath beetle.

Examines the many reasons for the extinction and near-extinction of animal species. Discusses how some near-extinctions have been reversed through special breeding programs and legislation to save endangered species.

Illustrates the ways in which humans and animals have worked together throughout history, from the dogs that helped Stone Age people hunt to bacteria that gobble up oil spills.

A poem describing the star that was present at the first Christmas.