Overview
Packed with captivating facts about the most commonly seen animal tracks and scat in North America, this brightly illustrated guide is perfect for young nature lovers.
Learn all about the amazing animals right outside your door in A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Animals Tracks and Scat—a handy, easy-to-carry guidebook for explorers ages 6 to 8 that shows you how to identify the tracks and scat of 35 common animals found in the United States.
The book covers eight animal types and how to tell their tracks and scat apart: canines, felines, small and large hooved animals, birds, other small animals, reptiles and amphibians, rodents, and bears. It includes chapters on coyotes, dogs, foxes, wolves, bobcats, house cats, lynx, mountain lions, bighorn sheep, bison, cows, deer, elk, moose, mountain goats, Canada geese, ducks, owls, pigeons, wild turkeys, opossums, otters, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles, beavers, mice, porcupines, squirrels, black bears, and grizzly bears. Kids learn all about these amazing creatures with fascinating facts, how to identify each animal’s tracks (track size and characteristics), its habitat and range (including maps), what it eats, and how to identify its scat.
Check the glossary for animal-related terms you might not know, keep track of the animal tracks and scat you’ve identified in a handy log, and try out a fun DIY project for making a plaster cast of an animal track.
With A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Animals Tracks and Scat, children can become expert nature explorers.
Also available in the series:
Learn all about the amazing animals right outside your door in A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Animals Tracks and Scat—a handy, easy-to-carry guidebook for explorers ages 6 to 8 that shows you how to identify the tracks and scat of 35 common animals found in the United States.
The book covers eight animal types and how to tell their tracks and scat apart: canines, felines, small and large hooved animals, birds, other small animals, reptiles and amphibians, rodents, and bears. It includes chapters on coyotes, dogs, foxes, wolves, bobcats, house cats, lynx, mountain lions, bighorn sheep, bison, cows, deer, elk, moose, mountain goats, Canada geese, ducks, owls, pigeons, wild turkeys, opossums, otters, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles, beavers, mice, porcupines, squirrels, black bears, and grizzly bears. Kids learn all about these amazing creatures with fascinating facts, how to identify each animal’s tracks (track size and characteristics), its habitat and range (including maps), what it eats, and how to identify its scat.
Check the glossary for animal-related terms you might not know, keep track of the animal tracks and scat you’ve identified in a handy log, and try out a fun DIY project for making a plaster cast of an animal track.
With A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Animals Tracks and Scat, children can become expert nature explorers.
Also available in the series:
- A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Stargazing
- A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Animals
- A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Bugs
- A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Birds
- A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Trees
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