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Is a Camel a Mammal? (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)

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My children, ages 5 and 3, and I love this Dr. Seuss style educational book. It is filled with lots of facts about mammals and distinguishs between mammals and non-mammals. The beginning of the book tells the reader that mammals breathe air, are warm to the touch and grow hair. The rest of the book illustrates these three characteristics. I particularily liked the page which shows that mammals can live in different types of environments, "Mammals live on cold mountains and hot, burning sand, down deep in the oceans or out on dry land." The ending is delightful as the child learns that she is a mammal, too. Finally, I enjoyed this book because it included a glossary of terms and suggestions for further reading on the subject of mammals.

This is a good book that teaches about what animals are mammals. Also it's done in the fun rhyming like the Cat in the Hat.

my 6 year old son loves this series. i read to my son every night before going to sleep. he chooses the book. since we started on getting books in this series, they are a frequent choice. we have several and will get the rest. it is a fun, easy way to teach some basic ideas.

LOVE these books. They have the best information in the them! Actually as adults it is a good reminder to help you guide your children through the first grades. Information in them are actually asked in adult board trivia games. Can't say enough about this series. We bought them all.

What a wonderful way to learn the definition of a mammal! Fun reading in itself, it is also packed with helpful information.

There is only so much time to work with one's children; there is no sense in teaching them nonsense.
An adult sperm whale can weigh up to 60 tons. An adult elephant weighs 8 tons. On page 16, Mr. Rabe asserts that one would need 27 elephants to weigh as much as a sperm whale. I calculate that 8 elephants would suffice.
On page 16 Mr. Rabe ridiculously teaches that a pygmy shrew weighs "less than a dime". [...]. If you look at this picture of a pygmy shrew, you can see that is also nonsense.
At this point I believe nothing he says and checked on his "fact" that bats only give birth to one batling a year. Sure enough, he's wrong. The San Diego zoo website says that some tropical bats give birth twice a year.
Teach your child a real fact every day and he will know 365 of them in one year!

Mammals share four traits: they have a spine, they have a few bones in their ears, and they nurse their young. This lame book mentions spine and hair. It doesn't mention that they nurse their young AT ALL. The only mention is in the apendix where they mention it in the actual definition. This is unacceptable. Does the author think nursing is dirty? What POSSIBLE reason could they have for ignorning a core trait of mammals. MAMMMALS NURSE THEIR YOUNG.

My almost four year old really likes these books and so we read them grudgingly. The content is so-so and Trish Rabe generally is the better author.

This was purchased for a our local library. Can't comment on the book itself, as I haven't read it. But shipping was fast and book was in the condition promised.