Washoe County Library System

Butterflies are all around us. It's hard to believe these majestic insects with impressive wingspans and beautifully colored and patterned wings were once creepy crawly caterpillars. How in the world does this transformation happen? This Level 1 Reader gives kids an up-close look at exactly how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. With bonus information including different types of butterflies and poisonous caterpillars, this reader is one of a kind....

Provides facts about tigers, including their habitat, talents, and feeding habits.

Provides facts about wolves, including their habitat, packs, and feeding habits.

Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.

Describes the habitat, food habits, and social behaviors of meerkats, and explains how they protect themselves from predators.

Presents an introduction to polar bears, describing their habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, eating habits, and behaviors, and looks at the life of a polar bear cub.

Details the characteristics of favorite cute animals, from roly-poly polar bears and waddling penguins to funny monkeys and energetic tiger cubs.

An introduction to koalas covers where they live, what they eat, and how they communicate, and follows the animal's development from cub to adult.

Provides information about the planet, including its location in the solar system, size, geology, temperature, atmosphere, and the technology used in Mars exploration.

Provides information about these playful mammals, including their aquatic habitats, diet, physical characteristics, and behaviors.