National Geographic Readers: Snakes

Author: Melissa Stewart
Publisher: National Geographic Society
ISBN: 1426309910
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
They’re SSSSLITHERY! SLIPPERY! They creep us out! But get to know them and you’ll find snakes private, quiet types who just want a cool, shady place to call home. From the tip of their forked tongues, to skin that sheds, to the rattles on certain tails, these creatures have secrets all kids will love. Cool photos and fun facts slip us inside their surprising world. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Everything You Need to Know About Snakes

Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 1409329828
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Learn all you need to know (and more) about these stunningly slithery reptiles Ever wondered how to charm a cobra? Everything You Need to Know About Snakes contains amazing facts and staggering statistics that will tell you all you could hope to know about the slithery snake. Find out how far a cobra can spit, meet some seriously slippery characters in the most camouflaged stakes, have a look at a gallery of fangs and read all about a whopping 15m long prehistoric snake. Perfect for school projects, Everything You Need to Know About Snakes also contains facts about lizards, crocodiles, tortoises and turtles. It's everything you need to know and everything you want to find out.

Snakes for Kids

Author: Michael G. Starkey
Publisher: Rockridge Press
ISBN: 9781647390426
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Come face to face with mysterious snakes with the Junior Scientists series for kids ages 6 to 9 Take an amazing journey into the wonderful world of snakes―fangs, rattles, scales, and all. Snakes for Kids is filled with fascinating facts and wild photographs that will take you close up to serpents from around the globe! Dive into their habitats and life cycles and see how their relationships with other animals create balance in the food web and help keep ecosystems healthy. Start by learning more about some of your favorite snakes―from the King Cobra to the massive Anaconda. Discover how they move, what they eat, why they shed their skin, and plenty of other cool details. You’ll also meet a few lesser-known snakes, like the strange family of blind snakes that tunnel underground. Learn everything there is to know about these mysterious reptiles and become an expert on our slithering friends. Snakes for Kids includes: So many snakes!―Check out all the interesting information on 45 different species. Age-appropriate―The reading level is perfect for kids ages 6 to 9. Colorful photos―Detailed pictures allow you to see what the snakes look like in the wild. If you’ve been searching for a great kids book about snakes, look no further―this one has it all.

Snake

Author: Chris Mattison
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1465443797
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Find out about snakes from all over the world in this best-selling visual guide, with information about snake evolution, habitats, reproductive behavior, feeding, defense, and much more. Snake is the essential guide to the world of serpents, featuring more than 3,000 species. With a clean fresh look, classifications, stunning photography, and amazing artworks, this is a must-have reference for all herpetologists. Packed with fascinating facts such as physical and behavioral characteristics, this guide also includes focused profiles of 60 snakes, from the Rainbow Boa to the Tropical Rattlesnake. Each profile includes a stunning full-page photograph of the snake, supporting images to highlight important features, and a ‘Fact File' sidebar to give at-a-glance information. Plus, a complete directory lists all known species of these fascinating reptiles, including venomous snakes such as cobras. Snake is a beautiful and comprehensive guide to some of nature's most compelling animals.

Fun Facts about Snakes!

Author: Carmen Bredeson
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780766027879
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Photographs and text present interesting facts about snakes.

Fun Facts About Snakes

Author: Julie Murray
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1098225430
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
This delightful title gives readers lots of fun facts about many different snake species. Big, colorful photographs accompany each exciting piece of information. This title is at a Level 2 and is written specifically for emerging readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

101 Amazing Facts about Snakes

Author: Jack Goldstein
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1783339675
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 29

Book Description
How often does a snake shed its skin? What is the world's most venomous species? What incredible ability are rattlesnakes currently evolving? And why are scientists studying the venom of the black mamba? All of these questions and more are answered in this fascinating eBook containing over one hundred facts, separated into sections for easy reference. So if you want to know why should still handle a dead rattlesnake with care, or which place on earth contains the highest number of deadly snakes per square metre, then this is the book for you!

I Don't Like Snakes

Author: Nicola Davies
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 0763678317
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
A young girl learns facts about snakes, including their behavior, physical characteristics, and eating habits, to overcome her trepidation.

The Great Big Book of Snakes & Reptiles

Author: Barbara Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844774463
Category : Reptiles
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Discover the amazing world of snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and turtles, with over 700 photographs and illustrations.

Slithering Snakes

Author: Rose Carraway
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1433963027
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description
Snakes are very popular pets, and beginning readers learn important steps about taking care of them. Through accessible text, young readers are able to discover what pet snakes eat, where they should live, and many other important facts that snake owners need to know. Colorful photographs accompany these fascinating facts, and show a variety of pet snakes in great detail.