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

Millicent E. Selsam (Author), Marlene Hill Donnelly (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1

Does a cat use his claws when he walks? How does a rabbit run? What does a skunk smell like? Find out the answers in this classic text that teaches young readers how to track animals by finding footprints and other clues. Marlene Donnellys lovely illustrations and Millicent Selsams gentle text make this a perfect first book for children with a budding interest in animals and nature. Included is a new Find Out More page with lots of hands-on activities.

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About the Author

Millicent Selsam was a popular childrens science writer whose work includes Egg to Chick, a Reading Rainbow book illustrated by Barbara Wolff, and Gregs Microscope, illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

Marlene Hill Donnelly is a staff artist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Collins; Revised edition (December 12, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064451941
• ISBN-13: 978-0064451949
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 10.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > General > Nonfiction
  • #66 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > General

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keeping Children on the Right Track, March 30, 2000

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Katie (Birmingham, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) (Paperback)

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. The concepts can be applied to anywhere in nature, and are appropriate for all children no matter where they live. The book gives important facts and information, but also allows children to become "detectives" and take an active role in the book. It is great for science discovery with young children!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book, best nature book we own, February 29, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) (Paperback)

This book is written in a style that promotes problem solving and develops inquiry skills. It is a wonderful introduction to animal tracks. 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. I highly recommend this book to teachers, families...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Kids, October 1, 2007

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A. KEITH "space man" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) (Paperback)

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. Great little book...was her favorite of several that I got for us.