Bring your child face-to-face with nature with this first reference for young animal lovers, now in paperback. You can explore nature in all its glory and discover all about plants and animals and where they live. You can find out what life is like underground, where you can find the world's ugliest fish and why fungi are so fantastic. It is packed with curiosity quizzes, 'turn and learn' boxes and bite-sized nature facts kids love getting their teeth into, there's lots to see and explore. Go ahead, let your children take a walk into the natural world!
Introduction
4-5 The Living World
6-7 World Habitats
Polar Regions
8-9 The Poles
10-11 Life in the Freezer
12-13 Arctic Tundra
14-15 Around Antarctica
Cool Forests
16-17 Cool Forests
18-19 Deciduous Forests
20-21 The Forest Floor
22-23 Coniferous Forests
24-25 Fantastic Forest Fungi
26-27 Winter Survival
28-29 Weird Woods
Rainforests
30-31 Rainforests
32-33 In the Treetops
34-35 In the Shade
36-37 Crazy Frogs
38-39 Jungle Bugs
40-41 Night Life
42-43 Rainforest Rivers
44-45 Jungles of Asia
Grasslands
46-47 Grasslands
48-49 A Sea of Grass
50-51 Grazers and Browsers
52-53 Hunters and Scavengers
54-55 Going Underground
56-57 Termite Tower
58-59 Life in a Meadow
60-61 At the Water Hole
Deserts
62-63 Desert Regions
64-65 Desert Animals
66-67 Desert Plants
68-69 Rainfall and Oases
70-71 After Dark
72-73 The Sonoran Desert
Mountains and Caves
74-75 Mountains and Caves
76-77 Life in Thin Air
78-79 Cool Caves
80-81 The Mighty Himalayas
82-83 The Andes
Freshwater Habitats
84-85 Freshwater Habitats
86-87 The Flowing Current
88-89 Still Waters
90-91 Pond Life
92-93 Bogs and Marshes
94-95 The Everglades
Ocean Habitats
96-97 Ocean Habitats
98-99 The Shoreline
100-101 Rockpools
102-103 The Coral Reef
104-105 Survival in the Sea
106-107 The Twilight Zone
108-109 The Deep
110-111 Icy Waters
112-113 Marine Mammals
114-115 Ocean Killers
116-117 Mangrove Swamps
Towns and Cities
118-119 Towns and Cities
120-121 Outdoors
122-123 Indoors
Reference Section
124-127 Index
128 Acknowledgements and
picture credits