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Sixteen deadly and ferocious beasts battle it out to see who the king of the jungle is really. Who do you think will win?

Sooki the elephant, who has never seen another animal like himself, tries to shrink his saggy wrinkly skin.

Every year more than a million wildebeests migrate for hundreds of miles across East Africa. This is just one of the amazing facts you'll discover in All About African Wildebeests, one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each book is beautifully illustrated with large, close-up photographs. Be sure to check out all 18!

"On the spookiest night of the year, Jim Panzee and his jungle friends brave the dark for trick-or-treating. But the jungle looks and sounds very different at night. As the hunt for treats gets spookier and spookier, Jim and his friends tell themselves not to be scared, but a pair of glowing eyes in the pitch-dark jungle might push them over the edge! Or maybe they'll make a new friend."--

Okapis look like a cross between a zebra and a giraffe. They are shy forest dwellers rarely seen by people. Discover more about the mysterious okapi in All About African Okapis, one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each title is beautifully illustrated with large, close-up photographs. Be sure to check out all 18!

In this fun-filled fiction book, readers will join Parrot and his animal friends as they go on a rowdy romp through the jungle. Stomp, roar, and squawk along as the jungle animals try to scare Anteater, Monkey, and Hippo. Anteater and Monkey are frightened, but Hippo is not afraid. What will the animal friends do? The age-appropriate text is perfect for early readers. Bright, colorful illustrations on each page will keep readers and listeners of all...

Learn all about strong and striped tigers! This book captivates young readers through simple and easy-to-read text combined with vibrant, full-color photographs. Plus, quick stats sections and bolded glossary terms invite readers to zoom in and learn more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Zoom is a division of ABDO.

Tiny colorful frogs seem like they'd make the cutest pets-until you learn that they're poisonous! In this riveting volume, readers head into the rainforest to meet tiny amphibians with a most deadly adaptation. They'll learn where frog poison comes from and how perhaps just 0.0000004 ounce is enough to kill an adult man! They'll also find out about the newly discovered species of venomous frogs that inject poison using their spiny head. Vivid photographs...

Monkeys have tails. Leopards have spots. Toucans have brightly colored beaks. Many animals have features that make them easy to identify. This exciting nonfiction book, which is paired with the fiction title "Have You Every Wondered?," takes readers on a jungle adventure where they'll learn about animal identification. Age-appropriate text helps young students grasp this important early elementary science topic. Dazzling full-color photographs highlight...

Learn all about orangutans-big primates that swing from tree to tree. Easy-to-read text and vibrant, full-color photos captivate young readers and make learning fun. Plus, quick stats sections and bolded glossary terms invite readers to zoom in and learn more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.