What Is a Dog? (Science of Living Things) - Softcover

Kalman, Bobbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 086505956X ISBN 13: 9780865059566

Publisher: Crabtree Classics, 1999

Synopsis

The Science of Living Things series helps children understand that they are as connected to trees, rocks, and weather as the animals that live outdoors! This important series helps define the basic concept of life and investigates the incredible world of living things. Each book explores a basic scientific concept or animal using:
-- easy-to-understand text
-- clearly labeled diagrams
-- exciting, full-color photographs

Dogs are believed to be the first animals to live with people as pets. What is a Dog? explains how these once-wild members of the animal kingdom still use their senses and instincts in daily living as well as in helping people. This book describes:
-- the dog family tree
-- a dog's body
-- super senses
-- the complex social order of dogs
-- categories of dogs

About this title

About the Author:

Bobbie Kalman is the author and publisher of more than one hundred and fifty quality children's library books. She has created many of Crabtree's most popular series, including The Early Settler Life Series, The Historic Communities Series and The Crabapples Series of "starter" books for younger children. This year Bobbie has created the exciting new series Sports in Action. Bobbie's series are extremely successful in schools and public libraries because she writes them with specific curriculum needs in mind. She works with a writing team of creative writers who thoroughly research each topic. Colorful, attractive covers and entertaining text make her books sell equally well in bookstores and museums. Bobbie holds degrees in English, Psychology and Education. She has taught at both the elementary and secondary level. As well as being a teacher, Bobbie has worked as an educational consultant with several publishing companies.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Taken from Chapter 1: What is a dog? All about breeds Over the year s, mating specific dogs created various breeds, or kinds, of dogs. Dogs that are of only one breed are purebred animals. Some dogs, however, are a mix of many breeds. These dogs are mongrels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 086505956X
• ISBN 13: 9780865059566
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32