snakes

Describes what snakes look like, where they live, and what they eat, with large color photographs, more facts, and glossary terms. Presented in Spanish.

Armed with super senses, a vice-like grip, and incredible strength, big snakes are astounding predators! Readers will discover how the apex hunters track down and kill their prey with devastating accuracy and why these awesome beasts are the kings of their food chains. This exciting book explains how food chains and webs work and the amazing physical adaptations that make big snakes such supreme predators.

Brief text and illustrations introduce the characteristics of snakes and other reptiles.

Overly friendly Drake finds new, appropriate ways to play and show affection with his friends.

"Read about the powerful boa constrictor and how it catches and squeezes its prey . . . photos and simple text make this book a . . . high-interest read"--Provided by publisher.

"Journey around the world to follow the lives of these cold-blooded reptiles as they hunt, hide, and fight their way through their day . . . . tells the story of the world's most amazing venomous snakes in the style of a nature documentary, including gentle science explanations of topics such as camouflage and skin shedding that are perfect for future biologists"--Provided by publisher.

"Engage your earliest readers with these nonfiction animal introductions! In Snakes, emergent readers learn about different snake colors, patterns, and behaviors. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers. Snakes includes tools for caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, index, and review questions. Snakes is part of Jump!'s My First Animal Books series"--.

Twins Samantha and Dean are staying in their uncle's reptile house in Ravens Pass, but the venomous snakes he keeps are the least of the dangers, because there is something large and angry in the woods and their only help is a 'murder' of crows.

Explores the rattlesnake, including where it lives, what it eats, and more.