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A collection of twelve stories, including How the Camel Got His Hump, and How the Leopard Got His Spots.

They sound like Bad Guys, they look like Bad Guys . . and they even smell like Bad Guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are about to change all of that... whether you want them to or not! Buckle up for the funniest, naughtiest and coolest series you'll ever read--it's time to meet the Bad Guys -- NOW IN FULL COLOR!.

Over fifty stunning illustrations from acclaimed artist Christian Birmingham bring this treasured classic new life. When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and...

Seven stories of the human baby brought up by the wolves and taught the Law of the Jungle by the bear and his animal friends. Includes also songs or chants of the animals.

Provides an easy-to-read overview of baby animals and their new world around them.

Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off with a mountain lion near a desert waterhole, Craig Childs captures the moment so vividly that he puts the reader in his boots. Each of the forty brief, compelling narratives in The Animal Dialogs...

An abridged version of the adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.

Rhyming text and photographs orient children to vocabulary words about nocturnal animals, such as owls, jaguars, bats, badgers, and bush babies, and contains a quiz with an answer key.

Provides color picture, footprint, size comparison with human, sleeping habits, and other details for each animal. Also includes a lifelist for recording sightings of these animals.

Text and photographs provide 101 pieces of information about a variety of bizarre animals, such as armadillos, lionfish, peacocks, and robber flies.