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38 Adorable Books About Baby Animals

The only thing kids love more than animals is... BABY animals!

They're fuzzy and fluffy and cute-as-can be! These fiction and nonfiction titles celebrate baby animals—from the coldest polar regions to the deepest oceans to our very backyards. Readers will explore the life cycles of frogs and birds, learn how animal parents care for their young, and delight in animal rescue stories and the real-life friendship between a baby hippo and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise.

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Have You Seen My Duckling?

Grades Pre-K - K
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None of the pond residents has seen Mother Duck's missing baby. But clever viewers can see that the duckling isn't really lost, just adventuring nearby.

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Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Beautiful illustrations show that animal babies, like human children, have mothers who love them!

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Emergent Science Readers: Baby Animals Learn

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Color photographs and simple text reveal how various kinds of baby animals learn to do basic things such as running, climbing, and grooming.

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What Kittens Need

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Young readers will learn how to care for a kitten.

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Oh Baby!

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Seven baby animals are featured in unique photo and text riddles in this interactive picture book.

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This easy reader brings children along on a baby dolphin's new adventures and teaches them about these highly intelligent animals!

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Is It a Baby Animal?

Grades K - 1
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Young readers will find out about baby animals.

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Young readers will learn how different kinds of animals grow from babies to adults.

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Polar Babies

Grades K - 2
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Polar bear babies wake up, learn to fish, swim, walk on the ice, and run.

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Welcome to the World, ZooBorns!

Grades K - 2
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Tour zoos to visit baby animals. There are many cute and cuddly species to find!

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Rookie Reader®-Level B: Animal Babies

Grades K - 2
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No matter what they are called, all baby animals are adorable as they jump, scamper, and swim in their habitats.

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Alligator Baby

Grades 1
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Kristen's parents have their new baby at the zoo instead of a hospital. Then, they accidentally bring home an baby alligator instead!

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With beautiful photographs, this level 1 Blastoff! Reader follows puppies from birth to adulthood.

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Stellaluna

Grades 1 - 3
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This award-winning picture book follows the adventures of a lost baby fruit bat and her efforts to fit in.

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Baby Wolf

Grades 1 - 3
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In a warm den underground, a baby wolf is born. She cannot see or hear yet, but in just a year, she will grow and learn a lot.

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Scholastic True or False: Baby Animals

Grades 2 - 4
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This book contains 22 true or false questions with a full-color photograph of adorable baby animals on every page

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Owen & Mzee

Grades 3 - 4
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The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee.

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Hope for Winter

Grades 3 - 5
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The story of a baby dolphin named Hope who is rescued against all odds.

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