What Is a Mammal?

by Bobbie Kalman

What is a Mammal? teaches the basic rules as well as the exceptions that help children understand differences between mammals and other living things. Amazing full-color photographs feature a large variety of mammals including apes, elephants, rodents, and bats and help - those mammals that lay eggs - mammals with a pouch - placental mammals, such as humans

Genres: Science

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Bobbie Kalman is a Hungarian-born children's author and publisher known for educational nonfiction books widely used in schools and libraries. After fleeing Hungary with her family during the 1956 Revolution, she later settled in North America. With backgrounds in English, psychology, and education, she wrote more than 800 books, including “Refugee Child” and several popular curriculum-based series.

Reviews

[Anna Claxton]

This book looks as 1990s as it is. The pictures are overly saturated. Content wise, its layout is easy to follow.

I can’t remember if I had animal science classes in elementary school; if I did, I didn’t retain much. Reading this book as an adult was enlightening: nature is cool.

[Rebecca Ray]

I've been using this as part of the spine for a mammal study with my 9 and 10 year-olds. It does what it's supposed to do, but there's nothing fancy about it. It's basic and very average.

[Tina]

This book is really awesome! I thought that because my kids and I already know a fair amount about mammals, that we wouldn't get much out of it....but I was WRONG!

They detail many different types of mammals: monotremes, marsupials, placentals, primates, rodents, lagomorphs, carnivores, insectivores, perissodactyls, artiodactyls, edentates, sirenians, cetaceans, and more! Fascinating stuff! Short info to just capture your interest and not bore you with too much detail.

[Mkb]

How can I give a poor review to a book that is dedicated to me? :)