In the animal kingdom, you just can't predict who will be friends with whom. One type of bird baby-sits for newborn crocodiles; there is a beetle that cleans a mouse's house; and a certain fish leads... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Enough scientific content to be interesting to parents as well as kids, great pictures, well told.
I have some weird friends too.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Did you know that the cattle egret can ride on the back of a rhino to warn it of stalking predators? Or that a particular red ant supplies food to a caterpillar in exchange for its honeydew that they, in turn, eat? I never did either, till I read through this cute, educational book by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Friendship is a common theme among children, so playing up the camaraderie of certain members of the animal kingdom with strike a familiar chord with young readers. The down-to-earth language and charming illustrations perfectly bring together education and entertainment. There are fourteen descriptive pairs of animals in this book, all with full-page illustrations, and a handy pronunciation key for sounding out some of the trickier names. Just because it's informational, don't think you can't sit down and read this to your little one at a whim. When read from cover to cover it makes a great little story with lots of room for discussion. This would also make a great addition to any school library or classroom.
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