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by David Anderson (Author)
Gurgle! A male camel puffs a floppy pink balloon out of his mouth and drools foam everywhere. It's a dromedary camel, and that's how he tries to impress a mate.
There's way more to camels than humps and spitting. These tough desert animals can drink a bathtub's worth of water in 13 minutes, crunch through cactus spines without flinching, and kick forward, backward, and sideways when a predator gets too close.
"The Nature Kid's Guide to Camels" is written for curious kids ages 7 to 12 who want to know what makes these animals so extraordinary. Why do camel humps flop to one side when the animal gets hungry? How can a camel smell water from far away in a desert with no landmarks? And how does a fully grown camel sprint 40 miles per hour when a wolf pack closes in?
Short sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover that camels have three eyelids and the third one works like a built-in windshield wiper, that their spit comes from deep in the stomach and can fly ten feet, and that Australia has thousands of wild camels roaming the outback. They'll learn how a camel's wide flat feet work like snowshoes on sand, how mothers and calves hum to find each other in a crowded herd, and why the wild Bactrian camel is rarer than a giant panda.
A book for every kid who has ever seen a camel and wondered what that hump is actually for.
Camels are tough as nails, full of surprises, and interesting enough to transform even most reluctant reader into a page-turning camel expert!
Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child's next favorite desert animal is waiting.
