Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the raccoon.

Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the raccoon.

Readers will learn about the mischievous little critter, the raccoon. They'll study its anatomy, special skills, habitats, and diet.

"Who needs to fly to Africa or visit a safari park, when there is so much wildlife on our doorsteps? This book examines raccoons and discusses where city raccoons live, what they eat, what dangers they face, and why they like living so close to people. Special "spotter's clues" symbols highlighting key raccoon behaviors and features are used throughout the book to enable readers to go on their own "city safari" once they have finished reading the book."--

Each book in the Daily Warm-Ups: Reading series provides students with over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. The warm-ups include both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills. Book jacket.

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of raccoons.

Which animal can find its way through a maze and even learn shortcuts? And which animal is so smart it lets cars do the hard work of cracking open its food?