Squirrels

Squirrels

Squirrels are agile climbers and skilled foragers, found in forests, parks, and backyards around the world. This zoology title, filled with beautiful photos and factual life science text, details squirrels' physical features, habitats, and varied diets, from nuts and seeds to fruit and fungi. Readers will learn about their caching behavior--hiding food for the winter--nest building, and adaptations for leaping between trees. Readers will also discover how squirrels appear in cultural tales from different places. Part of Creative Education's popular Amazing Animals series, this book supports elementary-aged readers with captions, on-page definitions, additional resources, and an index.