Mammal

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Be an eyewitness to the lives of your remarkable relatives, the mammals - from hedgehogs and bats to elephants and bushbabies. See how newborn mice develop Discover why a wallaby has a pouch Find out how to recognise mammal footprints

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Booklist Review

Gr. 4-9. Engravings and other carefully selected art reproductions interplay with large quantities of full-color, appealing photographs, luring readers to these additions to the Eyewitness Books series (see also Neil Ardley [BKL Jl 89]). Each eye-catching double-page spread treats a different aspect of animal life, occasionally spreading over to the next page. In Shell, Arthur showcases varieties of shelled mollusks, echinoderms, crustaceans, turtles, tortoises, and terrapins, illustrating how shells and pearls form and comparing species that inhabit such different environments as freshwater bodies and coral reefs. Parker's Mammal looks at evolution; contrasts fur-coated and spiny-covered mammals; and studies birth and development, habitations, and grooming practices of various members of this animal classification. Ideal for reference browsing and indexed for ready fact finding, these are sumptuous science samplers. --Ellen Mandel