Features beautiful, heartwarming photographs of animal babies with their parents in freshwater habitats.

Ponds and rivers are home to an amazing variety of animal life including am-phibians, mammals, and water birds. Hippos, otters, ducks, and tree frogs are among the multitude of creatures covered in Animal Babies in Ponds and Rivers - by the editors at Kingfisher - both on top of and below the water.

Pond Babies is a book for very young children (2-5). It helps kids in their exploration of the natural world as they discover the creatures that live around the pond. Vibrant cut-paper collage in Cathryn Falwell's signature style, along with a humorous bit of self-discovery at the end, make this the perfect book to share with the very young. The simple, appealing story also makes it a great choice for early readers.

Explains what a habitat and river are and describes the baby animals that live in and around rivers.

Labelled illustrations on facing pages supply the names of such freshwater animals and their young as a swan and its cygnets, a crocodile and its hatchlings, and an otter and its pups.

"Up-close photos and information about baby animals of lakes and ponds"--Provided by publisher