Giraffes / Las Jirafas - Paperback

by Valerie Bodden (Author)

From prickly porcupines to slippery seals, animals are wonderfully diverse. This popular zoology series for elementary students studies mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates from around the world. Beautiful photos pair with factual life science text to explore the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each title also includes a related folktale or myth for cross-curricular learning. With its long, graceful neck and dark brown spots, the giraffe is a unique-looking animal. This zoology title for children, filled with beautiful photos and factual life science text, examines the mammal's ossicones and other parts of its anatomy, hunting and feeding habits, life cycle, and calf care. Its forest and savanna habitats are described, too. An African folktale explains why giraffes have long necks. Part of Creative Education's popular Amazing Animals series, this bilingual edition supports elementary-aged dual language learners with side-by-side English and Spanish text, captions, on-page definitions, and an index.

Author Biography

Valerie Bodden is the author of more than 150 children's books. Her books have received favorable reviews from Booklist, Children's Literature, ForeWord Magazine, Horn Book Guide, VOYA, and School Library Journal. Valerie lives in Wisconsin with her husband, four children, one dog, one cat, a growing collection of fish, and miscellaneous bugs that her children have "rescued" from the outdoors. She spends most of her time writing or wrangling children and animals.