ABOUT THIS BOOK: 

The first in a series of nature-oriented counting books features animals in their homes. Text and art merge to help children learn to count and study animals in their natural environment.

Learn about sleek beavers, wooly white sheep, fast-moving termites, rabbits and furry bats, and where they live.

ACTIVITIES AND LINKS FOR  KIDS:

• Be an nature detective.  Write a journal for a week or more about one of your pets, or one in your neighborhood.  See if you can find out where they sleep and what they do.

• Or write about something wild that lives near you.  How about ants, earthworms, robins, or something else?  You decide.  Be sure to e-mail me about your wild discoveries.  I'll tell you what lives out my back door.

• Visit a live animal museum or aquarium in your area.

  REVIEWS/AWARDS:

"This is a counting book with substance.  Twenty different animals, including beavers, prairie dogs, pigs, puppies, rabbits, and ants are pictured in their natural habitats, waiting to be counted." PROVIDENT BOOKFINDER

TEACHER OR LIBRARIAN?

• An activity page for the classroom or library.

• Use the January 1986 issue of Cobblestone Magazine on Endangered Species.

WHERE TO FIND OR ORDER THIS BOOK:

• Check your school or local library.

• Go to your favorite independent bookstore.  On the Internet, find this book directly at your closest independent bookstore through .  You can also find it through Amazon.com.

• Call Charlesbridge Publishing at 1-800-225-3214 or www.charlesbridge.com.  Look for their section called Mudskippers Kids Club.

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