Meet The Animals; Book 1

By Caitlind L. Alexander

There are many fascinating animals on our planet. Some are funny and some are strange. This book will tell you about seven interesting animals.
This is a compilation of seven of our popular 15-Minute Books for early readers. It contains the full text and pictures from the following individual books:

"Meet the Giant Panda"
"Meet the Gorilla"
"Meet the Bighorn Sheep"
"Meet the Zebra"
"Meet the Armadillo"
"Meet the Manatee"
"Meet the Horse"

Help kids discover the joy of learning about different animals in this set of easy to read books

Ages 5 to 8
Reading Level: 1.9
All measurements in American and metric.

LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Mar 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311843807

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series. She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

Book preview

MEET THE GIANT PANDA

Giant pandas live in China.

For a long time many people thought a panda was a bear. Some thought it was a raccoon. Now they know that they are really bears.

They look like a huge, cuddly bear. They have four legs and a short, stubby tail. They also have a face that looks like a bear face.

(Chi King)

They are also covered in thick fur. This fur is white. There are black patches of fur around the panda's eyes. Their arms, legs and ears are also black. There is also a big black patch around the panda's body.

Some pandas are not black and white. They are dark brown and tan. The dark brown is in the same places on their bodies that the black fur is on a black and white panda. The tan is in the same places that the white hair is.

Their fur is very thick. That keeps them warm in the cold mountains where they live.

(Chi King)

In China the panda is called 'cat bear'. This is because of its eyes.

Panda eyes look like cat eyes. The pupil or black spot in their eye isn't round like most animals. It is an up and down slit like a cat's eye.

Panda bears do not get as big as most other bears. Their shoulder is only about as high as a desk.

The male will weigh about as much as two full-grown men weigh.

Females are smaller than males.

(Chi King)

A giant panda's front paws are different from most other bears. They have five fingers.

They also have a bone that sticks out from the back of their paw. This bone is covered in fur.

They use this bone like we use our thumb. They will wrap it around a stalk of bamboo. Then they can bring the stalk up to their mouth.

Like most bears, pandas have a short, stubby tail. Their tail is about as long as a banana.

That means it is longer than the tails of most other bears. Only the sloth bear has a longer tail than the giant panda.

(Chris Palmer)

Pandas can climb trees like many bears. At times they will sleep in the tree.

They also like to sleep in small caves or hollows in a rock.

Pandas do not have a den that they stay in all the time. They will sleep wherever they find a spot.

Pandas also do not sleep through the winter. They will move to warmer places when it gets too cold