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Rachel BLadon Introduction 1 Babies 2 Parents 3 Help 4 Danger 5 Food 6 Homes

3 4 6 8 10 12

14 7 How Animals Learn 16 8 How Animals Grow Up 18 Activities 20 Project Picture Dictionary About Read and Discover

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Illustration by: Kelly K enney p p .1 0 ,16; Alan Rowe pp.21, 23, 24, 27, 30, 31. The publisher would like to thank the following fo r their kind permission to reproduce photographs and other copyright material: A lam y Im ages pp.4 (Chick ha tch in g /C h risto p h er Taylor), 7 (Loggerhead tu rtles hatching/M ark Conlin), 11 (Swell shark/ Mark Conlin), 12 (Harp seal w ith pup/K eren Su/China Span), 15 (Beaver/W ildlife), 19 (Beetle larva/Nigel Cattlin), 19 (Bark b eetle /N ig e l Cattlin); Corbis pp. 10 (Grey Kangaroo w ith jo ey/ Frans Lanting), 11 (Silk m o th caterpillar/T hom as M arent/ M inden Pictures), 13 (Great gray o w l fee d in g chick/T om Vezo/ M in den Pictures), 16 (Bald e ag le w ith offspring/Yva M om atiuk & John E astcott/M inden Pictures), 19 (Bark b ee tle pupa/N igel Cattlin/Visuals Unlim ited); FLPA p p .5 (Zebra w ith foal/Elliott Neep), 14 (Brown bear w ith cubs/Gerard Lacz), 18 (Lion pride/ A riadne Van Zandbergen); G etty Im ages pp.3 (Elephant w ith calf/M ichael Poliza), 6 (Caterpillar/Don Johnston), 8 (Elephant w ith calf/M ichael Poliza), 13 (C o m m o n toad/Ian W est), 15 (Beaver dam /D anita D elim ont); N ature Picture Library p p .6 (Seahorse g iv es birth/Alex Mustard), 9 (C him p anzees/ A nup Shah), 9 (Ostrich pair w ith chick s/V incent M unier), 13 (Toad tad p o le w ith back legs/Fabio Liverani), 17 (Cheetah fam ily/A n up Shah); Oxford U n iversity Press pp.3 (Mallard d ucklin gs/P hotodisc), 3 (Kitten/Corbis/Digital Stock), 3 (Tadpoles/Thinkstock), 6 (Butterfly/Purestock).

Introduction Young animals grow up from babies into adults. Some young animals grow up very fast. Some young animals grow up slowly.

W hat are these young animals? W hat young animals do you like? Now read and discover more about young animals! o

Some babies hatch from an egg. A m other duck makes a nest by the water. She lays her eggs in the nest. She sits on the eggs so they stay warm. T hen the ducklings hatch.

Some babies don’t hatch from an egg.They are born from their mother. A baby zebra is born from its mother. The mother cleans the baby and then it can stand up and walk. It can run when it’s one hour old!

A Zebra and Its Baby

stripes

A baby zebra has brown and white stripes. Go to page 20 for activities

Parents M any young animals look the same as their parents. Look at these baby seahorses and their parent. Some young animals look very different from their parents. A caterpillar is a butterfly’s baby. A Caterpillar

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Some young animals live with their parents for weeks. Some young animals live with their parents for years. Parents feed and protect their babies. Some young animals don’t meet their parents! A mother sea turtle lays her eggs in the sand. T hen she goes into the ocean. Baby sea turtles hatch from the eggs. They don’t meet their mother.

Help M any adult animals help young animals. A young elephant lives with its m other and other elephants. The mother feeds the young elephant. She cleans it, and she gives it water. Adult elephants protect the young elephant. They help it to walk, too! Elephants

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A young ostrich lives with its mother and father. They help it to feed. They also protect it from the rain and the hot sun with their wings.

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T here’s danger for young animals. Other anim als w ant to eat them. How do young animals stay safe? Young kangaroos live in their m other’s pouch. It’s safe there. Baby kangaroos are very Little. You can put a baby kangaroo on a spoon!

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This young shark has spots. Other animals can ’t see the shark on the ocean floor. This caterpillar has poison in its body. Other animals touch the caterpillar, and poison goes into them.

Some young animals drink milk from their mother. The milk is good and it helps them to grow. A young seal drinks its m other’s milk.

A young seal can grow from 10 kilograms to 30 kilograms in three weeks!

A young owl doesn’t drink milk. Its parents feed it frogs, fish, and other little animals. A toad eats insects and other little animals. A baby toad is very different. A baby toad is called a tadpole and it eats plants.

Go to page 24 for activities.

Young bears are born when the weather is very cold. The mother makes a home called a den. She puts branches and grass in an old tree or under a rock. The young bears are w arm in the den, and they’re safe from other animals.

Beavers make a home called a lodge. They cut down trees and branches, and they make a dam in a river. The beavers make a lodge in the water, with branches and mud. A young beaver is safe in the lodge.

beaver

Go to page 25 for activities

I How Animals Learn Young animals learn m any things. A young eagle learns to fly when it’s about ten weeks old. The parents help the young eagle to fly.

Cheetahs Young cheetahs watch their mother hunt. This helps them to learn to hunt. The mother cheetah gives little animals to her young cheetahs, too. The young cheetahs learn how to hunt and eat the little animals. P ^ e jjp A cheetah can run more than 100 kilometers per hour. That’s very, very fast! ^

Go to page 26 for activities.

How Animals Grow Up A young lion lives with its mother and other lions in a pride. W hen it’s about two years old, a young male lion moves to a different pride.

A young beetle is called a larva. The larva looks very different from its parents. It grows a pupa. When it comes out of the pupa, it’s an adult. Then it looks the same as its parents.

Young animals grow up into adults and have babies. Their babies have babies, too. Every day, young animals are born! ^

Go to page 27 for activities.

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5 5 Babies Read pages 4-5.

1 Complete the sentences. Then write the numbers. eggs

nest

hatch

1 A duck makes a

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3 A duck sits on her eggs so theg s t a g _ 4 DuckLings__________ in a nest.

2 Circle the correct words. 1 A zebra hatches / doesn’t hatch from an egg. 2 A babg zebra has black / brown and white stripes. 3 A babg zebra can run when it’s one minute / hour oLd.

Parents +

Read pages 6-7.

1 Write the words.

caterpillar sea tu rtle seahorse butterfly

sea turtle

2 Write true or false. 1 A baby seahorse looks the same as its parents. 2 A caterpillar looks the same as its parents. 3 Some animals live with their parents for weeks. 4 A mother sea turtle lays her eggs in the ocean.

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CD Help 4* Read pages 8-9.

1 Match. 1 It Lives with its mother and other adults. 2 Its parents protect it with their wings. 3 Its mother carries it everywhere.

an ostrich an elephant a chimpanzee

2 Answer the questions. 1 Who feeds a young elephant?

A mother elephant feeds a young 2 Who helps a young elephant to walk? 3 Who carries a baby chimpanzee? 4 Who Lives with a young ostrich?

Danger 4r Read pages 10-11. 1 Complete the puzzle. Then find the secret word. I-*- S 2+

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The secret word is:

2 Circle the correct words. 1 Some animals live / eat young animals. 2 Young kangaroos / caterpillars live in their mother’s pouch. 3 You can put a baby sh a rk /k an g aro o on a spoon. 4 Some caterpillars have poison / sharks in their body.

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Read pages 12-13.

1 Write the words.

tadpole seal owl toad

2 Write true ox false. 1 Some young animals drink milk from their mother. 2 A young seal can grow from 10 kilograms to 30 kilograms in three days. 3 A young owl drinks its mother’s milk. 4 A tadpole eats insects and other little animals.

Homes Read pages 14-15.

1 Find and write the words.

2 Complete the sentences. mud

den

dam

lodge

1 A mother bear makes a home called a _ 2 Beavers make a home caLled a ________ 3 Beavers make a __________in a river. 4 Beavers make their home with branches and

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How Animals Learn

Read pages 16-17.

1 Write the words. fly

run

eat

hunt

2 Match. 1 Young cheetahs 2 A mother cheetah 3 A young eagle

Learns to fly when it’s about ten weeks old. gives Little animals to her young cheetahs. watch their mother hunt.

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How Animals Grow Up Read pages 18-19.

1 Write the words. Then match. 1 noU lio n

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2 Complete the sentences. Larva

aduLt

pride

pupa

1 A young lion lives in a __________ . 2 A young beetle is called a __________ . 3 A larva grows a __________ . 4 When a larva comes out of a pupa it’s an

Young Animals 1 Choose a young animal. Answer the questions.

Young a n im a l:_________________________ Does it hatch from an egg?

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How does it stay safe? __________________ What does it e a t ? ______________________ Where does it live?_____________________ How does it Learn?

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Then complete the sentences.

This is a ____________________ . It looks______________ I t ____________________ from an egg. It

with its parents.

To stay safe, i t ___________________ It e a t s

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It lives____________________________ To learn, i t ___________________________

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