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Children's Nonfiction Mammals

What is a Marsupial?

by (author) Bobbie Kalman & Heather Levigne

Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Initial publish date
Oct 1999
Category
Mammals, Biology, General
Recommended Age
7 to 8
Recommended Grade
2 to 3
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780865059559
    Publish Date
    Oct 1999
    List Price
    $9.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780865059788
    Publish Date
    Oct 1999
    List Price
    $25.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780778790044
    Publish Date
    Mar 2012
    List Price
    $25.95

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Marsupials are the only mammals that have a pouch on their body in which they carry their young. Most of these amazing animals live in Australia, where they have adapted to the harsh conditions of life in the outback. In What is a Marsupial children will learn astounding facts about marsupials, including: •the important differences between marsupials and placentals •how kangaroos, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, opossums, and bilbies are related •how marsupials reproduce and raise their young •the ways in which they hunt and feed •why some marsupials are in danger

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