Book Features: • 24 Pages, 8 inches x 8 inches • Ages 7-8, Grades 2-3 Leveled Readers, Lexile 600L • Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant images • Features a teaching focus on synonyms for young readers • Includes bolded vocabulary words, an index, and post-reading questions for comprehension Bringing Learning to Life: In Let’s Classify Animals, second—third graders learn about animal classification and different groups of species. Science Made Fun: Are reptiles warm-blooded or cold-blooded? What about mammals? Young readers learn about different species groups and how each animal gets classified into them in this kid’s book. Build Reading Skills: This engaging 24-page children’s book will help your child improve comprehension and build confidence with post-reading comprehension questions, extension activities, and high frequency vocabulary words. Leveled Reading: Part of the My Science Library series, the early reading text and vibrant photographs make this kid’s book a fun, informative title that teaches children about classifying different species in the animal kingdom. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

Grouping things by similar characteristics is referred to as classification. This book is filled with information and interesting facts about the six kingdoms in which all living organisms are classified.

Intermediate Readers Explore How Animals Are Classified.

Intermediate readers explore how animals are classified.

Presents a children's study of mammals such as horses, lions, gorillas, whales, and others, and discusses they habitats, what they look like and how they move, how whales breathe, how they care for their young, and how they protect themselves.

Whether described as a vertebrate or reptile, Earth’s animals can be classified and divided in many ways. Readers are introduced to scientific classification in an easy-to-understand way, complete with fun fact boxes about cool animals such as kangaroos and crocodiles. Full-color photographs of these animals will draw readers in and help them learn about the similarities and differences between animals groups. With sidebars complementing the main science content, readers won’t be able to get enough of the animal kingdom.

Rhyming text introduces young readers to the five classes of vertebrates, describing the characteristics of reptiles, fish, mammals, birds, and amphibians.