Packed with captivating facts about the most common animals in North America, this brightly illustrated guide is perfect for young nature lovers.

A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Animals contains easily digestible information and captivating facts—about the most common animals kids see most often—that will help children discover how to be expert nature explorers and why protecting them is important for the planet, no matter their age!

Learn all about the amazing animals right outside your door in A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Animals—a handy, easy-to-carry guidebook for explorers ages 6 to 8 that shows you how to identify 40 animals that are commonly found in the United States. The book covers five animal types: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, and includes chapters on bats, bears, bobcats, chipmunks, coyotes, deer, elk, foxes, mice, opossums, prairie dogs, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, voles, Canada geese, cardinals, ducks, hawks, hummingbirds, owls, pigeons, robins, woodpeckers, lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs, toads, salamanders, ants, bumblebees, butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, ladybugs, roly poly bugs (pill bugs), snails, spiders, and worms.