Description: Take an amazing journey into the wonderful world of snakes--fangs, rattles, scales, and all. Snakes for Kids is filled with fascinating facts and wild photographs that will take you close up to serpents from around the globe! Dive into their habitats and life cycles and see how their relationships with other animals create balance in the food web and help keep ecosystems healthy. Start by learning more about some of your favorite snakes--from the King Cobra to the massive Anaconda. Discover how they move, what they eat, why they shed their skin, and plenty of other cool details. You'll also meet a few lesser-known snakes, like the strange family of blind snakes that tunnel underground. Learn everything there is to know about these mysterious reptiles and become an expert on our slithering friends.
Brief description:
MICHAEL STARKEY is a conservation biologist, ecological consultant, and public speaker working to educate and involve the public in wildlife conservation issues. He is the founder and executive director of Save The Snakes, a nonprofit organization dedicated to snake conservation.
Review Quotes: "This is the perfect book to introduce kids to the fascinating world of snakes. Starkey does an excellent job explaining snake biology and natural history in a way that is sure to spark an interest in budding naturalists. Snakes for Kids is an important tool in the effort to overcome the misinformation and fear about snakes--and show the next generation what cool and important animals they actually are!" --David Mizejewski, spokesperson for the National Wildlife Federation