New Releases by Steve Weaver

Some cats are small, like the ones we keep as pets. Others are truly colossal, like lions, tigers, and leopards.

This charming book offers 20 questions and answers about these big cats so you'll know all about them.

• What's the difference between big and small cats?
• Do all big cats roar and purr?
• Why do tigers have stripes and leopards have spots?
• Which cat is the fastest?
• Do big cats like to swim?
• What are big cat babies like?
• Why do cats lick their fur?

Color your own tiger mask and make big cat finger puppets.

Fifteenth in the series of Those Amazing Animals. This fun elephant book asks and answers 20 questions, each with an amazing photo and one of Steve Weaver's loveable illustrations.

you'll learn the answers to questions like these:

• How many kinds of pelicans are there?
• How do pelicans hunt for food?
• Do pelicans steal fish from fishermen?
• How high can a pelican fly?
• What do baby pelicans look like?
• Where do pelicans make their nests?

So come along and let's take a tour to see where pelicans live and why they do what they do. You will even learn how to make a collage pelican and fold up an origami pelican.

• Why is it called the Bald Eagle?
• What do eagles eat?
• How strong are eagles?
• How well can an eagle see?
• How fast can an eagle fly?
• Where in the world do eagles live?

In addition to finally understanding why they stand on one leg and eat upside down, you'll learn the answers to questions like these:

• How do flamingos stay dry?
• Can flamingos salute?
• How can flamingos bend their knees backwards?
• Why do flamingos have webbed feet?
• How many eggs does a flamingo lay?
• Are baby flamingos pink?

So come along and let's take a world tour to see where flamingos live and why they do what they do. you'll even learn how to draw them and how to make one from a candy cane.

Vultures are voracious! They eat a lot of yucky stuff—and that's good because it keeps things tidy. Here are 20 questions and answers about these clean-up birds so you'll know all about them. You'll learn why vultures' heads are bald, why vultures vomit, why vultures don't get sick when they eat rotten meat, why they circle in the sky, what baby vultures look like (cute fuzzballs), and whether turkey vultures gobble (no!).

Make a turkey vulture mobile, a vulture collage, and connect the dots to reveal a Eurasian vulture.

• Learn about the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise.
• Find out how dolphins breathe and what they eat.
• Do dolphins have teeth? What do they eat?
• How do dolphins communicate? Find out how they make sounds and how well they can hear.
• How smart are dolphins and what can they do?

Fifteenth in the series of Those Amazing Animals. This fun elephant book asks and answers 20 questions, each with an amazing photo and one of Steve Weaver's loveable illustrations.

• Did you ever think a monkey could be like a duck?
• Did you ever wonder why howlers howl?
• If all monkeys swing from their tails?
• Whether monkeys live in the snow?
• Did you know that monkeys can look like pirates, squirrels, owls, or lions?