Readers will love exploring the world of baby foxes. This narrative follows kits from the time the litter is birthed in the den until the day the young foxes are ready to start families of their own. Children may not know that some foxes can climb trees or that foxes like to sleep during the day and hunt at night. Packed with vibrant photographs of these adorable baby animals in the wild, readers will be intrigued and will want to learn more by using the further information sections.
The book's playful text and stunning watercolor illustrations introduce children to the delight of exploring the diversity of nature. Two baby foxes were born in a den beneath an old oak tree. At night, they listened to the bark of Father Fox and the gurgle-gurgle, croak-croak of the nearby stream. Once they were old enough to explore, the two baby foxes darted from their den and sprinted to the stream. They romped and stomped, wrestled and rolled, stalked and pounced. Did they learn from their exuberant explorations?At the end of their exploration, they learned to respect nature.
Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.
Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut set out to do just that, by starting with a few dozen silver foxes from fox farms in the USSR and attempting to recreate the evolution of wolves into dogs in real time in order to witness the process of domestication. This is the extraordinary, untold story of this remarkable undertaking. Most accounts of the natural evolution of wolves place it over a span of about 15,000 years, but within a decade, Belyaev and Trut’s fox breeding experiments had resulted in puppy-like foxes with floppy ears, piebald spots, and curly tails. Along with these physical changes came genetic and behavioral changes, as well. The foxes were bred using selection criteria for tameness, and with each generation, they became increasingly interested in human companionship. Trut has been there the whole time, and has been the lead scientist on this work since Belyaev’s death in 1985, and with Lee Dugatkin, biologist and science writer, she tells the story of the adventure, science, politics, and love behind it all. In How to Tame a Fox, Dugatkin and Trut take us inside this path-breaking experiment in the midst of the brutal winters of Siberia to reveal how scientific history is made and continues to be made today. To date, fifty-six generations of foxes have been domesticated, and we continue to learn significant lessons from them about the genetic and behavioral evolution of domesticated animals. How to Tame a Fox offers an incredible tale of scientists at work, while also celebrating the deep attachments that have brought humans and animals together throughout time.
When you look at a fox kit, do you see a future mouser or high jumper? If not, you should. The baby animals in this book share about their dreams for adulthood!
In Fox Kits in the Wild, beginning readers will learn about baby foxes as they grow up and learn to explore outside of their den. Follow along as fox kits join the pack and learn from their moms. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to fox kits' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.A picture diagram labels a fox kit's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about fox kits online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Fox Kits in the Wild also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Fox Kits in the Wild is part of Jump!'s Baby Animals in the Wild! series.
Bear cubs are born in a den while their mother bear is in hibernation. Young students will learn how bear cubs hunt for berries and climb trees to escape danger.
With their bushy tails and pointed snouts, red foxes look like their larger wolf cousins. But, unlike wolves, they have gorgeous red-and-white fur. In addition to being incredibly cute, these foxes are finely tuned hunting machines. They have an excellent sense of smell and are always ready to pounce, even as tiny pups! In this coming-of-age introduction to red foxes, readers will see how these pups grow up to become adult foxes. The lively text, colorful pages, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.
