How do baby mammals grow? Food! And with a lot of help from their
mothers. This book shares the life cycle story of eight different mammal
babies from habitats across the globe. Readers learn essential facts
about each animal's birth, nursing, weaning, hunting or foraging skills,
and other techniques that they must learn from their mother (and
community) before they can be "all grown up."As they page through the
expansive panoramic illustrations, readers explore the vast diversity of
the mammal world and learn about those things that unite all mammals.
The written text foregrounds the importance of mother's milk in infancy
and learning to find food as each animal matures; the lifelike visual
text provides more information about each species, including their
habitat, family group, and relative size. The animals in the book are
drawn from habitats across the globe and are arranged from shortest to
longest childhoods.An extensive free Teacher's Guide provides further
information and hands-on activities to expand opportunities for
learning. This book is designed for students ages 7-10 (grades 2-5).
Content aligns with the NGSS (detailed articulation is outlined in the
Teacher's Guide).