SwansA look at swans, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their lengthy flight feathers, behaviors, relationships with humans, and valued status in the world today. Part of the Living Wild Classic Edition series Vivid photographs help take readers on a virtual field study to observe the life cycle and behaviors of each featured mammal, bird, or reptile. Each book also looks at past and present scientific research and includes a

the watery habitats they call home

ISBN 978-1-60818-280-0

bayonets gleaming

The heads of massive birds peer out from between trees

A concluding word game offers a fun means of further exploration

Incidents that might be made up are true

Light on words but big on charm

The Extreme Climate discusses the history of meteorology and the more recent study of climatology

focusing on fossil evidence that helps explain how their shaggy hair

ISBN 978-1-56846-246-2

although treated like second-class citizens

A prekindergarten-level introduction to giraffes