Grades
PreK - 5
10+ Amazing National Geographic Animal Books
These fact- and photo-filled books about animals teach PreK-5 students basic science vocabulary while expanding their reading skills.
Whether your students are into dolphins, dinosaurs, or sloths, these books under $5 from nonfiction favorite National Geographic bring nature off the page and right into your classroom.
Bursting with vivid, beautiful photographs, amazing facts, and lots of science vocabulary, these titles are a great way to teach the skill of reading for information and to help your students expand their understanding of the world.
Readers of all levels will love poring over the thrilling facts and up-close nature photos. There are a variety of STEM-related concepts, like elephant migration, that will capture your students' attention. Many titles even include bonus learning materials like vocabulary trees and wrap-up activities to help you further enhance your lessons.
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Come along on an adventure through the rain forest! Along the way, you'll meet new friends big and small, see amazing sights, and learn all about the creatures that make their home in the rain forest.
In this exciting nonfiction reader, children will discover how dinosaur bones are dug up, assembled, and studied by scientists.
Extraordinary close-up photos and easy-to-read text packed with facts and definitions take young readers on an unforgettable dolphin watch!
Follow a bear cub and its family as they prepare to hibernate for the winter.
Meet different kinds of snakes! Through engaging text features, such as the vocabulary tree and the wrap-up activity, kids will be introduced to vocabulary in concept groups—helping them make connections between words and expanding their understanding of the world.
Using the beautiful photographic counting games, curious children will learn to find likeness in different animals despite differences in size, development, color, or species.
Welcome to the wacky world of meerkats, where groups of these furry friends team up to survive in the wild.
Take a dip with turtles in this exciting reader.
Photographs and text introduce different kinds of lizards, covering geckos, iguanas, Komodo dragons, chameleons, and other types.
March this way, and meet the adorable stars of National Geographic's March of the Penguins film!
Did you know that the deep sea anglerfish has a glowing fishing rod attached to its body, or that the barreleye fish has a see-through head? See these wacky creatures and more in this brilliantly illustrated book that explores the strangest creatures under the seas.
This exciting reader follows the story of the longest and the most demanding elephant migration on the planet.
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