Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

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Author Jamie Ambrose Editor Olivia Stanford Project editor Allison Singer Project art editor Hoa Luc Designer Rhea Gaughan US Se ...

4 How to use this book 6 The world 8 North America 10 North American taiga 12 Great Plains 13 Eastern forests 14 Western deserts ...

4 How to use this book An atlas usually shows maps of different countries, but animals often live across borders. The maps in th ...

5 How to use this book Borders Borders show how the Earth’s land is divided into countries. Bordering continents Around the edge ...

6 The world The types of habitats found on each of the Earth’s seven continents depend on the usual weather, or climate, of an a ...

7 ASIA AUSTRALASIA AFRICA ANTARCTICA EUROPE ARCTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN Polar zone Temperate zone Tro ...

North America This continent stretches from the icy Arctic down to the tropical Caribbean. It has a vast range of habitats, from ...

9 Central American rain forest Rain forests are warm and green all year, and they are home to more than half the world’s plants ...

Location Most of northern North America is taiga. Summer temperatures reach only 50 ̊ F (10 ̊ C), and there’s lots of snow in th ...

11 Snow geese Flocks of snow geese turn fields white when they land. These noisy birds live in cold areas, but fly south in larg ...

Male prairie chickens inflate their orange neck sacs and raise their feathers to attract females. Prairie rattlesnake Though it ...

13 Washington, D.C. Black-tailed prairie dog These grass-eating rodents live in underground prairie-dog towns. They greet family ...

14 A tortoise snacks on a desert plant.Mohave desert tortoiseThis desert tortoise can live for up to 50 years. It digs a burrow ...

15 Mohave desert tortoiseThis desert tortoise can live for up to 50 years. It digs a burrow to avoid the desert heat, and it spe ...

Location Central America connects North and South America. Its tropical climate is ideal for plants and the animals that depend ...

17 HABITAT KEY Wetlands Mountains Tropical forests Mangroves Magnificent frigate bird These birds are skilled flyers, known for ...

18 Florida Everglades The Everglades, North America’s largest subtropical wetland, is really a big, slow-moving river. The area ...