Kingfisher’s trusted question-and-answer series has a brand-new look for a new generation.

The bestselling I Wonder Why series has the answers to all the questions you’ve ever wanted to ask about the natural world, history, space, and more! Why do lizards lose their tails? Which turtle fishes with its tongue? Why do some snakes pretend to be dead? Learn the answers to these questions and more in I Wonder Why: Snakes Shed Their Skin, a fascinating question-and-answer book all about reptiles. Amanda O'Neill makes learning about the natural world fun with her accessible and entertaining style, and information is presented in bite-sized nuggets, making it ideal for dipping in and out. Bright illustrations by Gareth Lucas bring amazing reptiles to life including snakes, chameleons and turtles. Discover fascinating facts about these scaly and spiky creatures, and their strange and unique behaviours.

The perfect introduction to reptiles, featuring snorkelling turtles, crocodiles, snakes in disguise, and much more. This highly popular and long-running series has been revamped for a new generation of readers, with a clean, crisp redesign and colourful covers. The series explores questions that young readers ask about the world around them in an unrivalled child-friendly style. The conversational format is perfect for delivering solid information in a natural, amusing and imaginative way.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Young children are naturally curious about animals. Snakes Shed Their Skin offers answers to their most compelling questions about why snakes shed periodically. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

Can you climb a tree without using arms or legs? Can you smell odors by wiggling your tongue in the air? Snakes can! Beginning with these simple questions, award-winning author Laurence Pringle invites readers to explore the remarkable abilities and lives of snakes. Snakes are legless reptiles, but thanks to their powerful muscles and hundreds of rib bones they can coil, creep, climb, and swim. Some can even glide through the air. Join Laurence Pringle in this NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book as he takes a look at some of the more than two thousand snakes that are found almost all over the world. A lively and informative text, joined with Meryl Henderson's bold and realistic art, explains how snakes hunt for food, move, shed their skin, give birth, and play important roles in nature. While snakes may look strange, this fascinating book shows why they are also wonderful creatures.

A young girl learns facts about snakes, including their behavior, physical characteristics, and eating habits, to overcome her trepidation.

From ''What is a bug?'U to ''Why do glowworms glow?, 'U this book has all the answers for young insect lovers. Illustrations.