Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft

Animals in Winter

Henrietta Bancroft, Richard G. Van Gelder

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 1, 1996

A Picture Books pick for readers exploring Animals in Winter.

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Who it’s for
A clear, colorful introduction to the ways animals handle cold and snow.
Themes
How animals cope with winter, Animal migration, Animal hibernation
Genres
Seasons, Animal Facts, Animals & Zoology

About this book

Read and find out about how animals cope with winter in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. This is a clear and appealing book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Introduce kids to basic science ideas as part of discussions about the seasons and animals. Have you ever seen a butterfly in the snow? Probably not. Butterflies can't survive cold weather, so when winter comes, many butterflies fly to warmer places. They migrate.

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Woodchucks don't like cold weather either, but they don't migrate; they hibernate. Woodchucks sleep in their dens all winter long. How do these and other animals handle the cold and snow of winter? Read and find out in the proven winner Animals in Winter! This 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: - hands-on and visual - acclaimed and trusted - great for classrooms Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: - Entertain and educate at the same time - Have appealing, child-centered topics - Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers - Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach - Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations - Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills - Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists - Meet national science education standards - Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field - Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Winter Survival, Simply

A clear, colorful introduction to the ways animals handle cold and snow.

Come here for

  • See migration and hibernation explained through familiar animal examples
  • Bring seasonal science into an early reader’s world

Expect

  • Straightforward nonfiction for primary-grade readers
  • Illustrations that make animal adaptations easier to picture

Where it sits

Animal Facts91%
Seasons48%
Animals & Zoology34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Activity Books
  • Bears
  • Birds
  • Foxes
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  • Mammals
  • Zoos
  • Seasons
  • The Body
Authors
Henrietta Bancroft, Richard G. Van Gelder
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
December 1, 1996
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
How animals cope with winter · Animal migration · Animal hibernation
Reading lane
Activity Books