The Nature Kid's Guide to Chipmunks: A Level 2 Reader for Curious Young Kids Who Love Chipmunks! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798898182458)

Stuff! Two cheeks bulge out wider than its own head as a tiny striped animal races back to its burrow. It's a chipmunk, and it's just storing food for later.

There's way more to chipmunks than stuffed cheeks and stripes. These tiny speed machines can sprint 15 miles per hour, dig burrows with up to five secret escape holes, and store over eight pounds of food underground to survive the entire winter without leaving home.

"The Nature Kid's Guide to Chipmunks" is written for curious kids ages 7 to 12 who want to know what makes these backyard speedsters so extraordinary. How do chipmunks find seeds buried deep underground and even under snow? Why do they stop to check for danger every ten seconds all day long? And how does a chipmunk sleep through winter without ever really eating a full meal?

Short sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover that a chipmunk's cheek pouches can stretch to three times the size of its own head, that some burrow entrances are fake doors designed to trick predators, and that chipmunks know every rock, root, and escape hole in their territory by heart. They'll learn how kits are born the size of a jellybean with their eyes sealed shut, how chipmunks recognize their neighbors by voice alone, and why the name chipmunk may actually come from the sound of their own call.

A book for every kid who has ever spotted a chipmunk darting across a trail and tried to follow it.

Speedy stripes, secret tunnels, 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 child is next!