Tuataras: Dinosaur-Era Reptiles

by Rebecca E. Hirsch

Overview

Find out what a tuatara has in common with a green sea turtle. Discover what sets a tuatara apart from a Brahminy blind snake. Check out the comparison charts and use your compare-and-contrast skills to explore reptile traits! Readers will compare and contrast key traits of tuataras—their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle—to similar and different reptiles. Charts and sidebars support key ideas and provide details. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, readers will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a reptile and how reptiles are alike and different from each other.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467779791
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	Comparing Animal Traits Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

About the Author

Rebecca E. Hirsch is an award- winning children's author with a PhD in plant biology. Her picture books include Plants Can't Sit Still and Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop, Crawl, and Creep while You Sleep. She lives with her husband and three children in State College, Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at rebeccahirsch.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction Meet the Tuatara 4

Chapter 1 Do Tuataras Look Like? 6

Chapter 2 Where Do Tuataras Live? 12

Chapter 3 Tuataras in Action 18

Chapter 4 The Life Cycle of Tuataras 24

Tuataras trait Chart 30

Glossary 31

Selected Bibliography 32

Further Information 32

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

"Students can put their critical thinking skills to the test with these well-designed and accessible titles. . . . Featuring a few charts and some eye-catching photographs, these selections are solid contenders in a saturated field."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

09/01/2015
Gr 3–5—Students can put their critical thinking skills to the test with these well-designed and accessible titles that make comparisons among different reptiles. Starting off with a quick overview of its subject, each book goes on to compare the highlighted animal to eight other related creatures, touching on standard topics such as diet, habitat, and behavior. Featuring a few charts and some eye-catching photographs, these selections are solid contenders in a saturated field.

School Library Journal