- Includes glossary and index.
- Special X-ray pages let readers get an "inside" look at a bat's anatomy.
- Includes fun fact boxes.
- High interest topic for young readers.
- Includes a fun world map of where different bat species can be found.
- Special sales potential at museums and nature centers.
Grade K-4 Science
- Life Science
- The characteristics of organisms
- Organisms have basic needs.
- Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction
- Life cycles of organisms
- Plants and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, reproducing, and eventually dying.
- Organisms and environments
- An organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism's environment.<P>