Kristen's mommy brings the new baby home - but it's an ALLIGATOR BABY! How is Kristen going to get her real baby brother back?

Are alligator eggs hard or soft? What color are alligators when they are born? How long do alligators stay with their mother? Kids will learn the answers to all these questions and more when they read Baby Alligators. This book uses photographs and text to help develop and reinforce language and reading skills. A comprehensive quiz will make learning fun and effective. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Deep in the swamp, a baby alligator crawls out of its broken shell. What's in store for this little reptile? Follow it through its first adventures, and get a glimpse into the world of these amazing creatures. The easy-to-read text describes how alligators live, from what they eat to how they swim so quickly. You'll also find fun facts about alligators' dinosaur-hunting ancestors and their more contemporary cousin, the crocodile.

Baby alligators may be small and relatively helpless, but they will grow up to be huge and dangerous. Curious young readers will learn much about a baby alligator’s watery life.

A new title in the acclaimed Nature Babies series from writer/photographer team Aubrey Lang and Wayne Lynch. Using simple and informative text, young readers learn about the first year in the lives of baby animals in the wild. In this new title in the series, animal lovers will discover the habitat, diet and early experiences of baby alligators. Each book includes a Did You Know section, index and table of contents. Praise for the Nature Babies series: ...this series is uniquely useful and valuable because of its excellence and its focus on one species. --School Library Journal ...Nature Babies sparkle with clear, informative pictures...lively texts that invite repeated reading. --Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books

These titles look at many of the animals typically found in zoos, covering such topics as appearance, behavior, and babies. Vivid photographs compare the habitat and diet of each animal, both in the wild and the zoo.

Can you think of an animal for every letter of the alphabet? In this delightful ABC book, young children will learn the upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet as they meet a parade of creatures - from alligators to zebras, and impalas to quails.