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by David Anderson (Author)
Squeeze! Something slips through a hole the size of a wedding ring and vanishes underground. It's a weasel, and it's the smallest carnivore on Earth.
If your child thinks weasels are just small furry animals, this book is about to change everything. A least weasel weighs less than two slices of bread yet hunts rabbits ten times its own size. It can smell a mouse nest buried under several feet of snow and dive in headfirst to get it. When cornered, it performs a wild spinning dance that leaves predators so confused it escapes clean. It eats half its body weight every single day. Miss a meal and it starts to starve. Every page delivers something your child will want to run and share.
"The Nature Kid's Guide to Weasels" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know the real story behind nature's most ferocious small predator. How does an animal smaller than a hamster take down prey ten times its own weight? Why do weasels turn completely white in winter while keeping their brown coat the rest of the year? How can a weasel turn around inside a tunnel so narrow it can barely fit through in the first place? Your child will find out, and they will never walk past a stone wall or a log pile the same way again.
Short sentences and surprising facts build reading confidence while keeping even older kids hooked from first page to last. Chapters cover hunting, escaping, raising kits, and the secret underground world where weasels do most of their fiercest work.
A book for every kid who has ever been told size doesn't matter and is about to meet the animal that proves it.
Weasels are out there right now in fields, forests, and frozen meadows across half the world, burning through energy and hunting around the clock. There may be one living closer than your child thinks. That is the kind of wonder that sticks.
Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child is next!
