This title is part of a series of early learning reading books for young children. With bright, photographic images, simple rhyming text, a quiz, dictionary and key words page, this book is perfect for engaging and developing confidence in young children learning to read.

Snakes are very popular pets, and beginning readers learn important steps about taking care of them. Through accessible text, young readers are able to discover what pet snakes eat, where they should live, and many other important facts that snake owners need to know. Colorful photographs accompany these fascinating facts, and show a variety of pet snakes in great detail.

Profiles snakes, providing information on vipers, rattlesnakes, boas, and pythons.

DK Readers: Snakes Slither and Hiss introduces young readers to some of the world's biggest, longest, and most dangerous snakes. Look out! Photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. This pre-level 1 DK Reader is for children just beginning to learn to read.

The perfect introduction to being a pet owner for the child ready to get a snake.

Snakes live in many countries of the world. They belong to the group of animals called reptiles, which have cold blood and scaly skin. A snake is an unusual animal, because it has a simple body with no legs, just a skull and a bendy backbone. It looks like a head and one long tail, but it is not really a simple animal, as it can be dangerous.

Snakes are very popular pets, and beginning readers learn important steps about taking care of them. Through accessible text, young readers are able to discover what pet snakes eat, where they should live, and many other important facts that snake owners need to know. Colorful photographs accompany these fascinating facts, and show a variety of pet snakes in great detail.