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Focus Readers

Just the Series: Weird Animal Diets (Focus Readers)

Series and Publisher: Weird Animal Diets (Focus Readers)

Annotation: This weekend at Mountain Bluff Zoo, Katy and Micah get to help the bongo keeper. The kids learn this antelope is almost extinct in the wild. Can Katy and Micah find a way to raise awareness about the endangered bongo?

Genre: [Biology]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #379628

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Publisher: Focus Readers

Edition Date: 2022 Release Date: 01/01/22

Pages: 32 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 1-637-39109-9 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-5427-X

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-637-39109-9 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-5427-4

Dewey: 591.5

LCCN: 2021034103

Dimensions: 23 cm.

Subject Heading:
Animals. Food. Juvenile literature.
Dust ingestion by animals. Juvenile literature.
Animal behavior. Juvenile literature.
Animals. Food.
Dust ingestion by animals.
Animals. Habits and behavior.

Language: English

Reviews:

ALA Booklist (Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 CST 2022)

Kids coming to the Weird Animal Diets series (4 titles) for a gross-out gorefest will be a bit disappointed by the matter-of-fact presentation of its high-interest topics. However, the material is inherently fascinating, and readers will meet a roster of creatures with taboo (to humans) dining tastes. Each book consists of an introductory chapter followed by three others covering a category of creature or reason for the diet in question, as well as an "Animal Spotlight" spread. Soil-Eating Animals themes its chapters similarly, offering many examples of animals that eat soil to neutralize ingested toxins, calm upset stomachs, and add minerals to their diets. A two-page quiz joins standard back matter in each volume.

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ALA Booklist (Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 CST 2022)

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Word Count: 1,077

Reading Level: 3.4

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.4 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 514243 / grade: Middle Grades

Guided Reading Level: Q

This title examines the insects, mammals, and birds that eat soil or dirt, the reasons these animals do so, and the ways people have used soil to improve health. This book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, an Animal Spotlight special feature, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers title is at the Beacon level, aligned to reading levels of grades 2-3 and interest levels of grades 3-5.

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