The Nature Kid's Guide to Ferrets: A Level 2 Reader for Curious Young Kids Who Love Ferrets! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798898181703)

Pop! A masked face pokes out of a hole in the ground, dark eyes scanning the open prairie. It's a black-footed ferret, and it's one of the rarest animals in America.

There's way more to ferrets than cute faces and funny dances. These fierce little hunters slide through underground tunnels in total darkness, can travel five miles in a single night, and nearly vanished from the Earth forever before scientists stepped in to save them.

"The Nature Kid's Guide to Ferrets" is written for curious kids ages 7 to 12 who want to know what makes these animals so extraordinary. How does a ferret smell a sleeping prairie dog hiding deep underground in the dark? Why do ferrets spend up to 22 hours sleeping after a single night of hunting? And how did scientists bring this species back from just 18 animals to hundreds living wild today?

Short sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover that black-footed ferrets are America's only wild ferret, that one ferret family needs over 250 prairie dogs a year just to survive, and that ferrets can run backward through tunnels faster than most animals run forward. They'll learn how kits are born the size of a small coin and grow to nearly full size in one summer, how a ferret's bouncy looping run looks funny but covers ground at 15 miles per hour, and how scientists are now cloning ferrets to save genes that were nearly lost forever.

A book for every kid who loves animals with a wild comeback story.

Masked faces, underground adventures, and a whole book full of wild facts your child will want to share.

Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Grab a copy, your kid is next!