Snakes Are Hunters (Let's Read and Find Out Book) - Softcover

Lauber, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064450910 ISBN 13: 9780064450911

Verlag: HarperCollins, 2002

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Read and find out all about snakes in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Slithering, scaly, and sly—snakes are fascinating reptiles. They are also hunters. Find out how snakes survive in the wild, how they capture their prey, and much more in Snakes Are Hunters.

Questions addressed in this book include:

• How many different kinds of snakes are there in the world?
• What are some ways that all snakes are alike?
• What kind of snake weighs as much as 550 pounds and measures as long as 33 feet?

Read and find out in the proven winner Snakes Are Hunters!

This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

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Patricia Lauber is the author of more than sixty-five books for young readers. Many of them are in the field of science, and their range reflects the diversity of her own interests-bats, dolphins, dogs, volcanoes, earthquakes, the ice ages, the Everglades, the planets, earthworms. Two of her books, SEEDS: POP STICK GLIDE and JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS, were nonfiction nominees for The American Book Awards. She was the 1983 winner of The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to children's nonfiction literature.

As well as writing books, Ms. Lauber has been editor of Junior Scholastic, editor-in-chief of Science World, and chief editor, science and mathematics, of The New Book of Knowledge

A graduate of Wellesley College, she is married and lives in Connecticut. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, sailing, traveling, cooking, reading, and listening to music.

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Slithering, scaly, and sly—snakes are fascinating reptiles. They are also hunters. Find out how snakes survive in the wild, and how they capture their prey.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0064450910
• ISBN 13: 9780064450911
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Zeichner: Keller Holly
• Anzahl der Seiten: 32
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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