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The big 5 and other wild animals series
Set of 10 books 48-76pp
[Series ISBN 978-1-77008-518-3]

A series of 10 books about wild animals, including the Big Five, which are the lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. Each book looks at the animal’s family life, territory, daily activities and physical characteristics. All the books discuss conservation.

| Lion | Leopard | Buffalo | Rhino | Hippo |
| Giraffe | Zebra | Elephant | Warthog | Baboon |

English

 

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Lion

ISBN 978-1-77008-519-0

[52pp]

An introduction to the lion, one of the Big Five wild animals. This book looks at the lion’s family life and territory, its daily activities and its physical characteristics. The book also talks about the conservation of lions.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the lion

  • Family life

  • Living in territories

  • Working together

  • Marking a territory

  • Food and water

  • Hunting

  • King of the kill

  • Teeth Roaring

  • Manes

  • Sleeping

  • Claws and tracks

  • Mating

  • Flehmen

  • Giving birth

  • Breeding together

  • “Follow me” signs

  • King of the bush

  • Endangered lions

  • Conservation


Leopard

ISBN 978-1-77008-520-6

[52pp]

An introduction to the leopard, one of the Big Five wild animals. This book looks at the leopard’s physical characteristics, its territory, and its hunting and eating habits. The book also talks about the conservation of leopards.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • What is a leopard?

  • Lots of spots

  • Leopards with no spots

  • Where does a leopard live?

  • Why leopards have territories

  • Marking a territory

  • Tough bodies

  • Sharp claws

  • Paws

  • Sharp sight

  • What leopards hunt

  • What leopards eat

  • Food in trees

  • Cubs

  • Growing up

  • “Follow me” signs

  • Mating and pregnancy

  • Habits

  • Cultural uses

  • People and leopards

  • Conservation


Buffalo

ISBN 978-1-77008-521-3

[48pp]

An introduction to the buffalo, one of the Big Five wild animals. This book looks at the buffalo’s family life and daily activities, its physical characteristics, buffalo babies and more.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the buffalo

  • Males and females

  • Food

  • Drinking water

  • Family life – herds

  • Family life – clans

  • Who is the boss?

  • Fighting

  • Finding the way

  • Old buffalo bulls

  • Senses

  • Beating the heat

  • Protecting the herd

  • Flehmen

  • Baby buffalo

  • Buffalo and birds


Rhino

ISBN 978-1-77008-522-0

[60pp]

An introduction to the white rhino, one of the Big Five wild animals. This book looks at the differences between white rhino and black rhino, the white rhino’s physical characteristics and its daily activities, and its family life and territory. The book also talks about the conservation of rhinos. 

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the rhino

  • White and black rhino

  • The rhino’s body

  • The rhino’s feet

  • The rhino’s horns

  • The white rhino’s square mouth

  • Munch, munch, and step forward

  • Drinking water

  • Mud wallowing

  • Habits

  • Family life

  • The home range

  • Bulls’ territories

  • Marking territory

  • Fighting

  • Seeing, smelling and hearing

  • Flehmen

  • Finding a mate

  • Danger and speed

  • Rhinos and birds

  • Rhino in danger

  • Saving the rhino


Hippo

ISBN 978-1-77008-523-7

[48pp]

An introduction to the hippo, a wild animal. This book looks at the hippo’s physical characteristics, its daily activities, and its family life. The book also talks about the conservation of hippos.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the hippo

  • The hippo’s skin

  • Getting too hot

  • Living in water

  • Water saves energy

  • Feeding at night

  • The hippo’s food

  • The hippo’s teeth

  • Escaping danger

  • Living together

  • Keeping other hippos away

  • Showing who is boss

  • Baby hippos

  • Helping the rivers and the bush

  • Helping other animals

  • Doing a strange thing

  • The hippo’s relatives

  • Hippos in danger


Giraffe

ISBN 978-1-77008-524-4

[48pp]

An introduction to the giraffe, a wild animal. This book looks at the giraffe’s physical characteristics, its eating habits, its family life and the ways it communicates. The book also talks about the conservation of giraffes.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the giraffe

  • The giraffe’s coat

  • Males and females

  • Reaching the leaves

  • The giraffe’s mouth

  • Strange eating habits

  • Drinking

  • Living together

  • Neck-fighting

  • “Follow me” sign

  • Baby giraffe

  • Staying out of trouble

  • Helping other animals

  • Making a noise

  • How giraffe and thorny trees both stay healthy

  • Relatives

  • Conservation


Zebra

ISBN 978-1-77008-525-1

[48pp]

An introduction to the zebra, a wild animal. This book looks at the zebra’s physical characteristics, its family life and its daily activities. The book also talks about the conservation of zebras.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the zebra

  • Different kinds of zebra

  • Stripes

  • Males and females

  • Eating

  • Drinking water

  • The zebra’s stomach

  • Eyes and ears

  • Families

  • Fitting into the group

  • Keeping the herd safe

  • Flehmen

  • Pregnancy, and baby zebra

  • Why do zebra have stripes?

  • Taking a bath and having a scratch

  • Sleeping

  • People and zebra in Africa

  • Conservation


Elephant

ISBN 978-1-77008-526-8

[76pp]

An introduction to the elephant, one of the Big Five wild animals. This book looks at the elephant’s physical characteristics, its daily activities, and its family life and home ranges. The book also talks about the conservation of elephants.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the elephant

  • Great big ears

  • Useful trunk

  • What are tusks for?

  • More uses for tusks

  • Big teeth

  • How the teeth get replaced

  • Elephant graveyards

  • Male and female elephants

  • Senses

  • Big feet

  • Walking quietly

  • Rumbles

  • Water

  • Swimming

  • Mud!

  • Family life

  • Young bulls and old bulls

  • Clans and home ranges

  • Social life

  • Musth

  • Finding a mate

  • Food

  • Habits

  • When danger comes

  • Helping the bush

  • Elephants and people

  • Conservation

  • Culling


Warthog

ISBN 978-1-77008-525-1

[48pp]

An introduction to the warthog, a wild animal. This book looks at the warthog’s physical characteristics, its daily activities, and its family life. The book also talks about the conservation of warthogs.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the warthog

  • Tusks

  • Mane and whiskers

  • Mud

  • Warthogs and birds

  • Cold weather

  • Being busy in the daytime

  • The burrow

  • Tails

  • Adapted to eating

  • The warthog’s stomach

  • Eating strange things

  • Making noises

  • Mating

  • Piglets

  • Families

  • Conservation


Baboon

ISBN 978-1-77008-528-2

[56pp]

An introduction to the baboon, a wild animal. This book looks at the baboon’s family life and territory, its daily activities and its physical characteristics. The book also talks about the conservation of baboons.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

Megan Emmet

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Contents

  • Quick facts

  • Meet the baboon

  • A busy day

  • Eyes that see in colour

  • Sleeping in trees

  • Living on the ground

  • Ruling the roost

  • Young males

  • Life in a group

  • Female rank

  • Roaming space and roosting sites

  • Handy hands

  • Food

  • Cheek pouches

  • Cushions to sit on

  • Baboons and other animals

  • Long lives

  • Babies

  • Mating

  • Sounds and signals

  • Conservation


 

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