jim Arnosky Shares His Adventures Seeking And Finding The Elusive, Once Endangered North American Crocodile. From The Author's Green Canoe, Young Readers Will Travel On An Exciting Water Safari And Learn Amazing Facts About Crocodiles, Their Habitat, And Their Behavior. And They Will Also Discover How This Threatened Animal Is Being Successfully Protected. Maps Showing The North American Crocodile Range Are Included.
a Bonus Dvd Will Show Footage Of How The Author Did His Research Along The Briny Lower Atlantic Coastlines. It Will Also Show Him Sketching, Photographing, And Creating His Paintings For The Book. And Kids Will Have The Master Himself To Teach Them How To Draw Crocodiles! Also Included In The Amazing Footage Of Incidents Not Recorded In The Book Is A Toothless 80 Year-old-crocodile Whose Jaws Are So Strong, He Can Eat Without Teeth!
children's Literature
join A Crocodile Safari Through The Mangrove-lined Creeks, Bays And Lagoons Of The South Florida Coast To Learn All About The American Crocodile. Nearly Hunted To Extinction, There Are Only About 2,000 Of These Animals In The United States. How Do We Know? Someone Counted Them While Flying Over Their Habitat. Young Readers Will Discover This And Many Other Interesting Facts About These Creatures, Including How To Tell A Crocodile From An Alligator, What They Eat, How They Catch Their Prey And Crunch It With Their Incredibly Strong Teeth. Crocodiles Break And Lose Teeth From Time To Time, When Biting On Hard Bones And Shells. A Crocodile Can Replace Lost Teeth...until It Becomes So Old, It Can No Longer Grow New Teeth. But Watch Out! Even Without Its Formidable Set Of Teeth, A Crocodile Is A Powerful And Effective Predator. This Picture Book Should Be Shared With Younger Children; Older Elementary School Students Can Read It Independently. All Will Appreciate Arnosky's Own Paintings And Drawings. A Delightful Dvd Entitled in Crocodile Country Is Included. Narrated By The Author/illustrator, The Dvd Encourages Kids To Learn Even More About Crocodiles, The Many Other Animals That Share The Crocodile's Habitat And Just How The Author Creates His Illustrations. Reviewer: Anita Barnes Lowen
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Action & Adventure
Publisher : Scholastic Press
Author : Arnosky, Jim
Language : English
Edition : REI/DVD
Published :2009-03-01
Number Of Pages : 36
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0439903564
ISBN-13 : 9780439903561
Item weight : 1 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 8.6 in x 11.2 in
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