A perennial favorite of the very young, snakes take the spotlight in this richly informative and beautifully photographed book. The enthusiastic text explores both the outside of snakes -- how they hatch, hunt, eat, and have babies -- and their insides -- bones, teeth, internal organs, even snake embryos. A pronunciation guide and glossary/index are included.

 

This book is part of a book series called Outside And Inside .

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 42 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Simon & Schuster Ltd .

Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children on a variety of science topics, including "Outside and Inside Birds, "an American Library Association Notable Book. She lives in New Zealand.