Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science. Stage 1)

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What animal made these tracks? Where did it go? What did it do? What did it eat?

If you want to learn more about animals, look for animal footprints. Animal tracks are everywhere in your backyard, on the bank of a river, or even on the beach. And this book shows you how to identify which animals made which tracks.

Better than a magnifying glass, this first-rate introduction to animal tracking gives children the tools they need to explore the world of nature all around them.

What Customers Say About Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science. Stage 1):

At the very least, their inclusion strikes a dissonant chord as the main focus of the book is on wild animals. I don't have anything against dogs and cats, but I felt that including them, especially early in the book, could leave some younger kids with the impression that dogs and cats are wildlife. Beyond that small drawback, it's a great little book for young children. Big Tracks, Little Tracks is a good book for introducing preschoolers and kindergarteners to widlife observation. The writing is engaging and the art has a nice warmth to it.I gave Big Tracks, Little Tracks four stars instead of five because it prominently featured domestic animals, namely dogs and cats.

Great little book.was her favorite of several that I got for us. Got this for my 7 year old daughter before we went on a trip to Yellowstone. She loved the pictures and turned out to be pretty darned good a spotting and identifying many of the tracks from it.

Fun read. Big Tracks, Little Tracks is a beautifully illustrated book for young "nature detectives." All animals leave different tracks and if you know just how to study them, you will find out how they walked, what or how they ate and sometimes even what way the wind was blowing as they walked.A fun activity page explains how to do an experiment with leaving tracks of your own and making plaster casts of tracks that you find.

I highly recommend this book to teachers, families. After a child reads this book they will be able to differentiate between several common tracks and have an understanding of how to interpret tracks to understand the behavior of the animal that made them. This book is written in a style that promotes problem solving and develops inquiry skills. It is a wonderful introduction to animal tracks.

The book gives important facts and information, but also allows children to become "detectives" and take an active role in the book. The concepts can be applied to anywhere in nature, and are appropriate for all children no matter where they live. It is great for science discovery with young children. The book is a great way to get children involved in their reading. The questions in the book encourage reflection and help children make predictions about what they are reading.