Beep beep! A blur of feathers sprints across the hot desert sand. It skids to a stop, snatches a rattlesnake by the tail, and smashes it against a rock. It's a roadrunner!
If your child loves fast, fearless animals, roadrunners are desert superstars. These long-legged birds can sprint up to twenty miles per hour, kill venomous rattlesnakes by whipping them against the ground, and sunbathe with a secret patch of black skin on their backs to warm up on cold mornings. They'd rather run than fly, and they're fast enough to get away with it.
"The Nature Kid's Guide to Roadrunners" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know how this unusual bird thrives in scorching deserts across the American Southwest. How do they eat rattlesnakes without getting bitten? Why do mated pairs build nests together and share parenting duties? How can they survive without drinking water by absorbing moisture from the lizards and insects they eat? Your child will uncover the answers and want to share them at dinner.
Short sentences and jaw-dropping facts fill every page. Your child will learn about X-shaped footprints that confuse trackers, a crest that raises when the bird is curious, and chicks that can run and hunt just weeks after hatching.
A book for kids who love birds that play by their own rules.
Roadrunners outrun coyotes, eat scorpions for breakfast, and mate for life. Every page shows your child a bird that proves you don't need to fly to be one of the toughest animals in the desert. That's the kind of reading that sticks.
Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child's next favorite animal is waiting.
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