The Nature Kid's Guide to Ringtails: A Level 2 Reader for Curious Young Kids Who Love Ringtails! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798898182601)

If your child thinks ringtails are just another desert animal, this book is about to change everything. Ringtails can squeeze through a hole just two inches wide, snatch a moth clean out of the air, and press between two rock walls to shimmy straight up like a tiny rock climber. Their eyes glow bright green in a flashlight beam. They sleep in a different hiding spot almost every night to stay one step ahead of predators. Miners kept them as pets to catch mice and called them miner's cats. Most people who live their entire lives in ringtail country never once see one. Every page delivers something your child will want to run and share.

"The Nature Kid's Guide to Ringtails" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know the real story behind one of North America's most elusive wild animals. How do ankles that spin 180 degrees let a ringtail race down a sheer cliff face? Why does a female ringtail have just one single day per year to find a mate? What makes these small desert hunters nearly impossible to spot even for people who spend their whole lives outdoors? Your child will find out, and they will never look at a canyon wall 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 everything from night hunting and cliff climbing to ringtail kits, stink spray, and the secret world hidden inside desert rock cracks.

A book for every kid who has ever shined a flashlight into the darkness and wondered what might be staring back.

Ringtails roam rocky wild lands from Oregon to Mexico, and most people who live alongside them have never seen one. There may be one watching from the shadows right now. That is the kind of wonder that sticks.

Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child is next!