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400 more fuzzy, scaly, and feathered amazing animals are featured in Amazing Animals of the World 3!
10 volumes $239.00
ISBN 978-0-7172-6179-6
48 pages per volume, 480 total pages, 8 1/2" x 11"
Recommended Interest Level: Grades 3–9
Grolier, 2006
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Set Features:
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Glossary covering more general terms like "environment" and "endangerment"
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Easy-to-follow alphabetical organization
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4-colour photographs throughout
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A set index in each volume
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Amazing Animals of the World 3 provides readers with a quick, succinct introduction to a wide range of animals. And since each set features a broad selection of species from all sorts of groups—not just mammals and birds but insects, amphibians, reptiles, and more—readers will get a strong sense of biological diversity, a key curriculum point.
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Each entry in the set provides concise but extensive information about the species:
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Common English name plus Latin scientific name (genus and species)
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Class icon—bird, fish, mammal, etc.
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Essential class, order, or family classifications
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Size, diet, method of reproduction or number of young or eggs
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Habitat icon and explanation
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Home range description plus range map
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Status if endangered or threatened
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A full-colour picture of the animal in a characteristic pose
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Each entry defines all unfamiliar or technical terms within the text, making the books a perfect starting place for young researchers. As they search and enjoy the books' many lively images and fascinating species stories, they will also come to appreciate how animals are arranged and named scientifically—meeting that key curriculum standard of understanding classification, which is fully explained in the set's introduction.
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Sample Entries:
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Vol. 1 Abalone, Black–Butterfly, Giant Swallowtail
Anemone, Jewel; Badger, American; Bat, Common Vampire
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Vol. 2 Butterfly, Indian Leaf–Dormouse, Garden
Crocodile, American; Dog, Bush; Dolphin, Spinner
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Vol. 3 Duck, Ferruginous–Glassfish, Indian
Egret, Little; Fer-de-lance; Fox, Swift
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Vol. 4 Glider, Sugar–Isopod, Freshwater
Gull, Ivory; Hare, European; Hellbender
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Vol. 5 Jackal, Side-Striped–Margay
Jaguar, Arizona; Jellyfish, Melon; Knife, False Featherback
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Vol. 6 Markhor–Peccary, Collared
Mouse, Yellow-Necked Field; Newt, Eastern; Numbat
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Vol. 7 Pelican, Brown–Salamander, Spotted
Planarian, Two-Eyed; Porcupine, East African; Prairie Dog, Black-Tailed
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Vol. 8 Salamander, Two Lined–Spider, Barrel
Scorpionfly, Common; Sea Pen, Phosphorescent; Seal, Crabeater
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Vol. 9 Spider, Common House–Tuna, Albacore
Starfish; Steinbok; Stork, Painted
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Vol. 10 Tunicate, Light Bulb–Zebra, Grevey's
Turtle, Wood; Viper, Desert Horned; Wolf, Red
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