Book description
Who built the first dam in North America? A beaver! Learn how beavers--much like humans--change the landscape to suit their needs. Stunning photos and engaging text show beavers eating, swimming, escaping from predators, and growing from playful kits into industrious adults.
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1 author picked Building Beavers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What I love about the books in the Lernerās Pull Ahead series is the natural language thatās used and the depth of information thatās provided. In an effort to be readable, many non-fiction books aimed at young elementary students are so concise as to wind up being superficial. But this series explores concepts in depth. In Building Beavers, 12 sentences are devoted to the construction of a beaver lodge. The books include 27 pages of text (two to three sentences per page.) At the end of the book, there is a map showing where in the world the animalā¦
From Laura's list on animal adaptations for young readers.
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