Títulos en Reptiles y anfibios

What makes a frog an amphibian but a snake a reptile? Both classes may lay eggs, but they have different skin coverings and breathe in different ways. Fun facts will help kids identify each animal in the class like a pro after listening to the fourth book in Arbordale's Compare and Contrast series.

Los animales más peligrosos de todo el mundo se juntan para el concurso del Animal Más Peligroso de Todos. Víboras, arañas, tiburones...¿Quién será el ganador? Veneno mortal, dientes grandes, cuernos afilados como hoja de afeitar, y patas que dan miedo son sólo unas cuantas maneras en que los animals matan. Los depredadores están hechos para matar. La presa simplemente se defiende a sí misma. Y sin embargo, ¡el animal mortal más inesperado ni siquiera intenta lastimar del todo!

¡Mientras que la Pequeña Lagartija anda en busca de deliciosas hormigas para su desayuno, es atacada repentinamente por un cuervo! Pero ella tiene un truco para escaparse - ¡se desprende de su colita, y ésta se sigue moviendo! La Pequeña Lagartija está contenta de estar viva, pero extraña su brillante cola azul. Los lectores van a disfrutar pretendiendo con ella, probándose colita tras colita. La primera cola es muy suavecita.

Little turtle was lost! Free from his egg, he climbed out into a big, beautiful new world. Lost and alone, he wondered - where did he really belong? The bear told him to live in the woods; the frog said, "The swamp!" But turtle just didn't feel at home. He needed help, but where could he turn?

Imagine finding turtle eggs in your sandbox! When a mother diamondback terrapin lays eggs in a young girl's sandbox, the girl becomes a "turtle-sitter" to help the babies safely hatch. She raises the teeny hatchlings until they become big enough to fend for themselves in the wild. Then, with the help of experts, she releases them. Along the way, she learns about these unique animals and that she has made an important contribution to their survival.

Alexa y otros niños de su escuela en Costa Rica tienen un proyecto especial: ellos están criando cocodrilos americanos. Ella nombra a su cocodrilo "Jefe" porque parece que él está a cargo de los otros. Alexa le trae pollo y ranas para comer y escribe acerca de su progreso en su diario. Muy pronto, su pequeño crío está tan grande como una barra grande de pan. Se ha convertido en un cocodrilo joven y es tiempo de que Alexia le diga adiós y que Jefe regrese a la vida salvaje.

Join the Lizard Lady as she cuts her way through thick Caribbean forests searching for critically endangered St. Croix ground lizards. Hunted to extinction on the island of St. Croix by invasive species brought by colonizing farmers, these lizards are now only found on surrounding islands in the US Virgin Islands. Listeners learn that a day in a life of a woman scientist can be anything but boring. Co-author Nicole F. Angeli is the Lizard Lady - can she help save these animals?

This is a companion audiobook to Mary Alice Monroe's novel Swimming Lessons, the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, the listeners witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. This is the journal Toy is writing. This journal explains the nesting cycle of sea turtles and the natural life along the Southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells, and the sea turtle hospital. Adults and children will enjoy the information and the journal with or without the novel.

¿Qué harías tu si encontraras unos huevos en tu cajón de arena? ¡Unete a Margarita cuando le pasa esto mismo! Ella decide convertirse en una niñera de tortugas para ayudar a los bebes terrapin diamantes. Ella los observa salir de sus huevos y luego los cría hasta que ellos se pueden defender por si mismos. Con la ayuda de los expertos, ella los deja ir en la bahía de donde pertenecen.

Lucky is a very unlucky frog. To make his life even more unlucky, his mom is kidnapped by the evil beaver named Gary. Gary controls all the water of the forest with his dam. Can Lucky save his mom and the forest in time?

Enjoy this collection of origin folktales, also known as pourquoi stories, that explain why things are the way they are. In "Why Alligator Hates Dog", everyone respects M'su Cocodrie, the king of the swamp, except the dogs, who taunt him and make lots of noise.

Skildpadden Blom er ikke kræsen i livet - han kan godt lide at findes i verden. Der findes nemlig en masse ting, han holder af, og som gør ham glad. Der er altid noget nyt at opleve, ligesom der altid er nye venner at møde. Nye venner, som kan være med til at spise hjemmebagte boller med syltetøj. En hjertevarm og smuk fortælling om en skildpadde, der nyder de små ting i livet. Tina Sakura Bestle (f. 1975) er en dansk børnebogsforfatter og oversætter.

"Gdzie mój Antoś?!!" martwi się Amelka. Poleciał z boćkiem Kazikiem obejrzeć nowe mieszkanie i przepadł. Amelka musi odnaleźć Antosia, w końcu śpieszy się na ślub Miśka z Rejką! A być na czas to nie taka prosta sprawa, kiedy jest się - energicznym! - ale jednak żółwiem... Zabawna powieść dla 5-7-latków i ich zabieganych rodziców - króciutkie rozdziały są idealne do odtwarzania dziecku przed snem, a absurdalny humor rozbawi każdego, niezależnie od wieku.

Carter und seine Schwester Bea treffen in der Steppe Afrikas auf einen Eingeborenenstamm, der im Einklang mit den seltenen Stegosauriern lebt. Der Stammeshäuptling ist fasziniert davon, wie Carter und die Dinosaurier miteinander umgehen. Es scheint, als hätte Carter eine ganz besondere Gabe. Doch dann macht der Häuptling eine düstere Vorhersage über seine Zukunft. Ist Carter etwa in tödlicher Gefahr? Und können sie ihn noch retten?

In "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher", a frog who lives in a slippy-sloppy house alongside a pond collects worms on a rainy day, and sets off on a lily-pad boat to go fishing. During this trip, he encounters all sorts of obstacles, including a large trout who tries to devour him.

As if she didn't have trouble enough after her classmates discovered she had worn her brother's underwear to school (oh, the teasing, the humiliation!), Jennifer Murdley has just stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop, where she buys a toad named Bufo. Of course the odds of buying a normal toad in that shop are zero, as Jennifer finds out when Bufo starts to talk to her. As it turns out, talking is the least of the toad's strange talents.

Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. The water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage. But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet; nobody ever scolded him, and he never caught a cold!

Listen and relive the exciting tales from Highlights, now on audio! Learn why wood frogs make a dangerous journey each spring and how the people of Amherst, Massachusetts, helped spotted salamanders, along with other stories about lizards and amphibians.

Do you know what amazing defence mechanism the horned toad lizard has? Can you guess which film was inspired by a trip to the Komodo islands to study lizards? What happens to those who kill a lizard, according to an ancient Aboriginal Australian belief? And which species of lizard is the fastest on the planet? Find out as Charles King talks us through over 100 amazing facts about lizards. With a wide range of subjects covered, from fascinating statistics about record-breaking species to information about keeping lizards as pets, this is a perfect audiobook for listeners of all ages.

How often does a snake shed its skin? What is the world’s most venomous species? What incredible ability are rattlesnakes currently evolving? And why are scientists studying the venom of the black mamba? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Jason Zenobia answers all these questions and more as he talks us through over 100 amazing facts about snakes. So if you want to know why you should still handle a dead rattlesnake with care or which place on earth contains the highest number of deadly snakes per square metre, then this is the perfect audiobook for you!