Go Wild

Can you imagine what it’s like to be an orangutan? What do chimpanzees have for breakfast? And most importantly . . . are gorillas really like your grandma? Explorer, nature guide, and naturalist Huw Lewis Jones takes young readers on a field trip out into the wild to learn about apes in this fact-packed and humor-filled book.Ape fans gather round! Join expert field guide Huw Lewis Jones and fellow primate admirer Sam Caldwell on an expedition to rainforests around the world to learn more about these amazing animals.Can you imagine what it's like to be an orangutan?What do chimpanzees have for breakfast?And most importantly... are gorillas really like my grandma?Head high into mountain forests, and through hot steamy jungles, to discover all the different types of ape and learn how we can best help them. From orangutans to chimpanzees, bonobos to YOU... this book is packed with facts, fun, and everything there is to know about our great ape family!Discover what gorillas eat, where chim

Intrepid readers are invited on a field trip into the wild to discover whether wolves are as big and as bad as we think they are.For many people, wolves are the stuff of nightmares and horror films, but the reality is that they're among some of the most vulnerable wild animals on our planet.By following field guide Huw Lewis Jones and nature illustrator Sam Caldwell into the wild, readers will meet subspecies of grey wolf living in forests throughout Europe, North America and China, as well as red wolves in North Carolina and other members of the canid family, including coyotes. Along the way, aspiring naturalists will discover the difference between a 'timber' and a 'tundra' wolf, what traits wild wolves share with domestic dogs, and why wolf poo is so important to scientists!Through entertaining and informative text and expressive illustrations, Are Wolves Afraid of the Dark? challenges the stereotype of the 'big, bad wolf', passed down to us through fairy tales like Little Red Ridin

Do Penguins Like the Cold? takes readers on a tour of the Southern Hemisphere to meet eighteen species of penguin and to witness the conservation work underway to protect these incredible birds and their native habitats.By observing penguins firsthand, readers will discover whether penguins truly like the cold, how their diving skills make up for the fact that penguins can't fly, and how to tell what a penguin had for dinner based on the color of its poo!Along with zoological facts, field guide Huw Lewis Jones has some helpful tips on how to track penguins' movements from space, on what prehistoric penguins can tell us about their descendants, and advice on what we can to do help penguins faced with a warming world.Packed with information about penguins living in Argentina, Australia, Chile, the Gal嫚agos Islands, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, and South Africa, Do Penguins Like the Cold? also gives readers a hands-on look of what it's like to work in the wild.

Field guide Huw Lewis Jones takes readers out into the wild to discover all there is to know and love about the eight different species of bears. Do you know your panda from your polar bear? Or can you spot the difference between a sun bear and a sloth bear? Follow your expert field guide as we travel deep into the woods to learn all the 'bear' necessities. Bears are familiar to us all, but what you might not realise is that behind their big, grizzly image are wild animals who really need our help.So put on your walking boots, grab your binoculars and come along on a journey to see the eight incredible bear species in the wild. Not only will you discover why bears poop so much, you'll also find out how to avoid getting eaten by one, and what we can do to protect them.

Teaches some of the skills necessary for finding adventure in the outdoors, including tying knots, making a shelter, designing a raft, building a dam, skimming stones, and making a bow and arrow.

Teaches skills for tracking animals, offering step-by-step instructions for laying a trail, hiding in the wild, exploring ponds and rivers, catching insects, and avoiding dangerous animals.

Go wild with the biggest to the smallest, the noisiest to the quietest animals around?Smooth as a snake or prickly as a porcupine, from a big elephant to a little mouse,?animals can be so different th

From stars to stripes, go wild in this vibrant introduction to designs?Different animals wear different designs. From stripy zebras to spirals on a snail shell to zigzags on a snake's skin, these anim

Get ready to roar like a lion and go wild in this colorful and fun introduction to animal noises A barking dog, a buzzing bee, a squawking parrot—our world is filled with lots of noisy animals. From g