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ANIMAL CARDS!

Hi,
Baby
Penguin!
 Why?
ANIMALS

Why do you think alligators

have eyes on top of their heads?

IN THE WATER

An alligator f loats in water to hunt.

Its eyes peek out of the water. The
water hides the rest of its body so
birds and frogs cannot see it coming. PASSION4NATURE / GETTY IMAGES (TOP PHOTO);
NNEHRING / GETTY IMAGES (BOTTOM PHOTO)

OUT OF THE WATER

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 SORTING

What Is Different?
Look at each picture in the top row.
Find the differences between it and the one below.
SHUTTERSTOCK (FISH); CREATIVE CROP / GETTY IMAGES (TRICYCLE)
© JACKIE EGGINTON / DREAMSTIME (GRAPES); NATURSPORTS /

Find one Find two Find three

difference. differences. differences.
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 That’s Cool!
NATURE

Meet the African bullfrog.

An African
bullfrog is
as big as a
dinner plate.

This animal’s
mouth is so big it
can catch a snake
or lizard to eat.

MARTIN HEJZLAR / SHUTTERSTOCK (TOP PHOTO); MALCOLM

SCHUYL / FLPA / MINDEN PICTURES (BOTTOM PHOTO)

If it is
scared, the
BIG MOUTH
bullfrog puffs
up like a balloon
to look even
bigger.

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 TOP ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): PETER DAZELEY / GETTY IMAGES; MARTIN HARVEY / GETTY IMAGES; ALISON RICHARD / SHUTTERSTOCK.
MIDDLE ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): PHOTODISC / SPORTING GOODS; BLUEEYES / SHUTTERSTOCK; © GABE PALMER / ALAMY. BOTTOM ROW
(LEFT TO RIGHT): © STEPHEN DALTON / MINDEN PICTURES; ILYSSA SKY TONNESSEN / SHUTTERSTOCK; © KONRAD WOTHE / MINDEN PICTURES.

—EANS

—IBBON

—UTTERFLY
NAMING

—ROG

—WEATER
—LUEBERRIES

—IRD
—RAYON

Name some other things that are blue.

—LOWERS

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What in the World Are These?
 ANIMALS

KEEP C O Z Y,
U I N C H I C KS !
P E N G

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BILL COSTER / FLPA / MINDEN PICTURES (FOUR PENGUINS);
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2023 ROB REIJNEN / NIS / MINDEN PICTURES (TWO PENGUINS)
Emperor penguin
chicks grow up on
the ice. It is very cold
where they live!
Very young chicks
cannot stand on the
ice. So the babies
stand on Mom or
Dad’s feet to
stay warm.
PARENT

One penguin
parent watches
the chick while
the other hunts
for food. CHICK

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Soon the chicks grow warm, f luffy
feathers. Mom and Dad feed them
lots of fish so chicks grow bigger.
That helps them stay warm, too.

CHICKS
HUDDLING

Penguin chicks
can also huddle
together to stay
warm when the
icy wind blows.
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 Penguin chicks
“talk” a lot. They
peep to other chicks
and call to find their
mom and dad.

The penguins will soon be big

enough to swim. They grow
new feathers that keep them
warm in the water. Splash!
Penguins
cannot fly.
They use their
wings to swim
in the ocean.

FRED OLIVIER / NPL / MINDEN PICTURES (HUDDLING); KLEIN

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AND HUBERT / MINDEN PICTURES (ONE CHICK, SWIMMING);
JAN VERMEER / MINDEN PICTURES (TWO CHICKS) N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C
 COUNTING

SNACK TIME
Help these hungry animals find their meals.
Count the number of animals in each group.
Find the food picture with the same number.

1 TURKEYS

2
3
ROBINS

4
5
MARK RAYCROFT / MINDEN PICTURES (DEER, BEAR); DENNIS FRATES / ALAMY

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(TURKEYS); JUNIORS BILDARCHIV GMBH / ALAMY (RACCOONS); WILLIAM
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2023 LEAMAN / ALAMY (ROBINS); DIONISVERA / SHUTTERSTOCK (ACORN);
 What is your
favorite food
DEER to eat?

RACCOONS

BEAR

How many
apples would you
need so everyone
in your family
could eat one?

DUSTY CLINE / DREAMSTIME (TOP WORM); YEVGENIY11 / SHUTTERSTOCK

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(BOTTOM WORM); PETR GANAJ / SHUTTERSTOCK (FLOWERS); PLAINJANE33 /
SHUTTERSTOCK (EGGS); SPALNIC / SHUTTERSTOCK (CHERRIES) N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C
 ANIMALS

WOLF TALK
Wolves live in groups
called packs. They use
sounds, smells, ears, and
more to “talk” to each other.

A wolf whose ears

are up and has
its chest near the
ground is saying
“Let’s play!”

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 Ow-wooo! A howl can
mean “I am over here.
Where are you?”
A wolf pack is a
family with about
8 wolves: Mom,
Dad, brothers,
and sisters.

RONAN DONOVAN / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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IMAGE COLLECTION (TWO WOLVES); WOLF
HAVEN INTERNATIONAL (ONE WOLF) N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C
 Sniff, sniff! This wolf
smells another wolf. The
other wolf might have
left a smell that says “I’m
part of your pack” or
A wolf “I am a puppy.”
leaves a smell by
rubbing on a tree
or going to the
bathroom.

Wolves
hunt deer,
bison, and
hares.

When a wolf
pup licks an
adult’s mouth,
it is saying
“Feed me,
please!”
PUP

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 CHILLING
OUT
Many wolves live
in cold places.
Meet some other
animals that live
in cold places.
POLAR BEAR

PTARMIGAN

CARIBOU WALRUS

SCIGELOVA / GETTY IMAGES (SNIFFING);

JIM BRANDENBURG / MINDEN PICTURES (LICKING);
ONDREJ PROSICKY / SHUTTERSTOCK (POLAR BEAR);
DANNY GREEN / NPL / MINDEN PICTURES (PTARMIGAN);
LAURIE CAMPBELL / NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS LTD /
ALAMY (CARIBOU); JAMI TARRIS / MINDEN PICTURES (WALRUS)
 MATCHING

BABY GROWS
Apes, monkeys, and lemurs BABY
are in a group of animals called
primates. Use your finger to
draw a line from the baby
primate to the adult it will look
like when it grows up.

SILVER LEAF LANGUR

Which baby do you

ORANGUTAN
think is the cutest?

TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: CYRIL RUOSO / MINDEN PICTURES;

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SUZI ESZTERHAS / MINDEN PICTURES (TOP MIDDLE,
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2023 BOTTOM LEFT); PETE OXFORD / MINDEN PICTURES.
UP RING-TAILED LEMUR

BABY

BABY

BABY

CHIMPANZEE

BOTTOM ROW, SECOND LEFT TO RIGHT: TONY HEALD / NPL /

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MINDEN PICTURES; DAVID PIKE / NPL / MINDEN PICTURES; ANUP
SHAH / NPL / MINDEN PICTURES; CYRIL RUOSO / MINDEN PICTURES. N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C
 NATURE

A GEYSER
ERUPTS SHOOTING UP HIGHER

BUBBLE AND HISS

In some places on Deep underneath

Earth, a bubbling the ground, hot
pool of superhot melted rock heats
water erupts, or water that trickles
explodes. down from the
surface.

18 NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2023 © BIOSPHOTO / MICHEL CAVALIER (ALL)

 HIGHEST!

… AND HIGHER!

3 4
The water becomes As the water turns
very hot. Some of to steam near the
the water bubbles surface, water
up and turns into and steam shoot
steam. straight up. The
geyser erupts.

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SPACE

THE PLANET
SATURN
Look at the sparkly
rings around Saturn!
Saturn’s rings are the
biggest and brightest in
our solar system. RINGS

The rings are made up of

billions of bits of icy rocks.
Some bits are as tiny as
specks of dust. Others are
the size of big mountains.
20 NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2023 STARKOV ROMAN / SHUTTERSTOCK
 These icy
rocks form
Saturn’s rings.

Saturn
has at least
53 moons.

Sunlight
reflects off the ice
in Saturn’s rings
and makes them
sparkle.

Saturn has
thousands
of rings.

DAVID AGUILAR (SATURN); LUDEK PESEK / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE (ICY ROCKS)
 FINDING

FINDING SHAPES
Shapes are everywhere. Trace the shapes
below with your finger. Find the same
shapes in the nature pictures here.

CIRCLE TRIANGLE RECTANGLE STAR DIAMOND

RATTLESNAKE

SEA STAR

PUFFER FISH

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wild cards

GREAT WHITE SHARK

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 great white
shark
FUN FACTs
These sharks are the world’s
largest meat-eating fish. A great
white shark can be about as long
as three kids your age.

© MIKE PARRY / MINDEN PICTURES

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WHITE-TAILED DEER
 white-tailed
deer
FUN FACTs
Baby white-tailed deer are
called fawns. When they
are a few months old,
their spots disappear.

© LISA HUSAR / TEAM HUSAR

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OPOSSUM
 opossum
FUN FACTs
Mother opossums carry their
babies in pouches like kangaroos
do. Opossums belong to a group
of animals called marsupials.

© LISA HUSAR / TEAM HUSAR

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PERUVIAN FIRE STICK

 Peruvian
fire stick
FUN FACTs
The Peruvian fire stick
lives in rainforests.
This insect’s bright color
warns away predators.

© ALBERT LLEAL / MINDEN PICTURES

wild cards

BOWSPRIT TORTOISE
 bowsprit
tortoise
FUN FACTs
Bowsprit tortoises eat insects,
mushrooms, and plants. They
live in southern Africa.

© TONY HEALD / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY

wild cards

JAGUARUNDI
 jaguarundi
FUN FACTs
The jaguarundi is a little
bigger than a house cat.
This wild cat can swim
and climb trees.

THOMAS MARENT / ARDEA

OBSERVATION

Hide-and-Seek
Can you find the leaf gecko in this picture?

PAUL BERTNER / MINDEN PICTURES

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