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by David Anderson (Author)
Hiss! A snake puffs up, flips onto its back, and plays dead with its tongue hanging out. It's a hognose snake, and that whole performance was completely fake.
If your child thinks snakes are just something to avoid in the grass, this book is about to flip everything they think they know. Did you know anacondas can weigh as much as a lion and swallow wild pigs whole? That hognose snakes are so dramatic they flip onto their back and play dead with their tongue hanging out? That rattlesnakes shake their rattle up to 60 times per second?
"The Nature Kid's Guide to Snakes" takes curious kids ages 7-12 deep into the world of one of Earth's most misunderstood and fascinating animals. How do snakes smell with their tongue? Why does a black mamba's name have nothing to do with its actual color? What makes a reticulated python longer than a school bus? Your child will be sharing facts before they finish the first chapter.
Short, punchy sentences and jaw-dropping surprises fill every page. From tiny garter snakes curling up by the hundreds in underground dens to keep warm, to sidewinders leaving J-shaped tracks across the desert sand, to green anacondas hiding in rivers with just their eyes above the water, every snake in this book is more remarkable than the last.
A book for every kid who is interested in snakes and is about to become completely obsessed with them.
There are over 3,000 kinds of snakes on Earth, living on every continent except Antarctica. Once your child discovers just how extraordinary they really are, they'll never see a snake the same way again.
Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child is about to be next!
