Did you know that there are smart animals that you can train to talk, ride a bike and even play basketball? This book will show some of these fantastic animals. There are pictures and select pieces of information in this book for 8-year-old children. Encourage your child to read by investing in topics that would interest him/her. If your child likes animals, then this book is a must-have!

Did you know that there are smart animals that you can train to talk, ride a bike and even play basketball? This book will show some of these fantastic animals. There are pictures and select pieces of information in this book for 8-year-old children. Encourage your child to read by investing in topics that would interest him/her. If your child likes animals, then this book is a must-have!

Explore the animal world, from aardvark to zebu! Discover hundreds of animals, great and small. Lion and lizard, whale and wombat. Learn one wild fact about each animal. (Did you know that gorillas yawn when they are nervous?) Look carefully, because for each letter of the alphabet, one animal is pictured eight times. Why 8? Come inside and find out.

A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waal’s landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal—and human—intelligence.

From anglerfish to zebras, discover 500 awesome animal facts for kids ages 9 to 12. From frogs to foxes, scorpions and sharks, The Fascinating Animal Book for Kids has it all! This animal encyclopedia includes 500 amazing facts about animals that offer hours of engaging learning every boy and girl will love. Alongside full-color pictures on every page, find weird and wonderful details about Magnificent Mammals, Creepy Crawlies, Amazing Amphibians, Feathered Friends, and more. Great as a bedtime read or during the day, this standout among animal books for kids is ideal for any boy or girl who is wild about animals! Go beyond other animal books for kids with fantastic facts like: Today's golden hamsters are all descendants of a single hamster family that lived in Syria around 1930. Ant mimicking spiders pretend to be ants by raising two of their eight legs to look like ant antennae allowing them to eat the ants. A glass lizard looks like a snake, but it is actually a lizard with an extra-long tail—and no legs. When you're looking for a kid's book for ages 9-12, this is the perfect choice to learn about animals—and have a whole bunch of fun!

Explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising examination into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.

Great Science Books for the Little Ones inspire a love of science in your young reader! Age 5-8 years.Human beings have incredible brains which can do remarkable things, but Mother Nature continues to teach us more and more that other animals can also think, solve problems and even do mathematics. Come and discover some of the most intelligent animals in the world and learn a little more about each of them in this book.Children's stories provide a great context for learning science. In this children's book, you will learn who are the 10 of the smartest animals on Earth! The animal kingdom is full of species that have evolved over the course of time, just as humans have. Some of them are better known for their intelligence than others, and have the capacity to perform tasks just as well as people. Whether it's for their memory, object identification, adaptation, or communication, you'll find all the most talented animals here. Learn about the most intelligent animals that you can find in the four corners of the world!Being humans, however, we always believe that we are the smartest of the lot, but are we? Here, we present some of the cleverest creatures around and explain why they are more deeply intellectual than many humans.Researchers are concerned with learning mechanisms and other cognitive abilities - thinking, acquiring knowledge, sensory perception, memory and language. These are the thought processes which form the basis for what we experience and comprehend of the world around us.Dolphins can thus be said to have the potential for very high intelligence, but we can't measure this optimally. Dolphins come from a completely different world, in a way and have a language we can't fathom. Communication is definitely a great barrier in the understanding of animal behaviour."Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group."Peter Singer""We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive."Joaquin Phoenix"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog."Mark Twain"There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?"Jeffrey Kluger"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma GandhiIn this book you will learn about: CrowsChimpanzeesElephantsDolphinsPigsOctopusesDogs& more...