The Nature Kid's Guide to Sandhill Cranes: A Level 2 Reader for Curious Young Kids Who Love Sandhill Cranes! (The Nature Kid's Guide to Animals! - Level 2 Readers)

Honk! A rattling call echoes across the marsh. Then another. Then ten thousand more. The sky fills with gray wings stretching seven feet wide. It's spring, and the sandhill cranes are back.If your child is amazed by big, dramatic birds, sandhill cranes put on one of nature's greatest shows. These four-foot-tall birds dance with their mates by leaping, bowing, and tossing sticks into the air. They fly two miles high, travel over five thousand miles a year, and gather in flocks so massive that half a million cranes can crowd a single river in Nebraska each spring."The Nature Kid's Guide to Sandhill Cranes" is written for curious kids ages 7–12 who want to know how one of the oldest birds on Earth keeps thriving after two million years. Why do they smear mud on their feathers to change color? How do their bright red crowns get redder when they're excited? Why do baby colts follow their parents for almost a year before striking out alone? Your child will uncover the answers and want to share them at dinner.Short sentences and jaw-dropping facts fill every page. Your child will learn about hollow bones that keep these big birds light, calls you can hear from two miles away, and chicks that can walk and swim within hours of hatching.A book for kids who love big birds with loud voices and even bigger journeys.Sandhill cranes stomp the ground to scare up bugs, kick predators with sharp claws, and fly as high as twelve thousand feet. Every page shows your child a bird that proves some of nature's greatest survivors are also its best dancers. That's the kind of reading that sticks.Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child's next favorite animal is waiting. Read more