Baby Whales Drink Milk - Paperback

by Barbara Juster Esbensen (Author), Lambert Davis (Illustrator)

Read and find out about how whales are mammals--just like us--in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

What do dogs, pigs, whales, and people have in common? They are all mammals. Whales may seem like enormous fish, but they are really mammals like dogs and pigs and people. They breathe air through lungs, they are warm-blooded, and they have hair. Baby whales even drink milk--just like people do!

This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

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'The title epitomizes Esbensen's creative presentation of an important concept: how whales differ from the fish they seem to resemble and share characteristics with other mammals.... An excellent addition to the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out series.'--K. 'Introduces a full range of information about whale anatomy, development, and behavior.... Esbensen's simple, informative text keeps its young audience clearly in view.'--BL.