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Penguin
Grows Up
NATURE
Why do wolves
live in groups?
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RADIUS IMAGES, DESIGN PICS/ALAMY
groups called packs.
The wolves in a pack work together to
hunt and take care of the pups.
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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.
IVONNE WIERINK, DREAMSTIME (BOAT); SEAPHOTOART, SHUTTERSTOCK
(SEA STARS); ZAITSAVA OLGA, SHUTTERSTOCK (BACKPACK)
Find one Find two Find three
difference. differences. differences.
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ANIMALS
That’s Cool!
Meet the gibbon.
Gibbons
use their long,
strong arms
and hands
to swing
HAND from branch
to branch.
They
live in
trees.
ons live
Gibbons Many gibb called
eat fruit, in a country d
in
leaves, and Thailand. F the map
SUZI ESZTERHAS, MINDEN PICTURES (GIBBON);
n
bird eggs. Thailand o page.
INGO ARNDT, MINDEN PICTURES (HAND)
k
on the bac
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TOP ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): ERIC ISSELEE, SHUTTERSTOCK; NEW AFRICA, SUPERSTOCK; VSTOCK, GETTY IMAGES
MIDDLE ROW: KEVINRUSS, ISTOCK; TALSEN, SHUTTERSTOCK; IAN HOOTON, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/CORBIS
BOTTOM ROW: PHOTOSINDIA.COM/SUPERSTOCK; MATT JEPPSON, SHUTTERSTOCK; JAK WONDERLY
—ONGUE
—UTTONS
NAMING
—CE CREAM
—OTH
—IGLET
—RAPEFRUIT
What other pink things can you name?
—LOWER
—LAMINGO
—UBBLE GUM
N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C
5
What in the World Are These?
ANIMALS
A Penguin
Grows Up
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Baby emperor penguins
grow up on ice. A baby
penguin is called a chick.
Penguin chicks stay
warm and safe on top of
Dad’s feet. His feathers
are like a blanket.
An adult
emperor penguin
is probably
taller than you!
FRANS LANTING, LANTING.COM (FAMILY); SYLVAIN
CORDIER, GETTY IMAGES (PARENT AND CHICK)
CHICK
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m p eror penguins liv a.
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ed Antarct
a place call ica on the
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Find Antarc ack page.
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map on the
An emperor
penguin is a bird,
but it does not fly.
Its wings are
called flippers.
Flippers help
a penguin swim.
FLIPPER
Emperor
penguin moms
PAUL NICKLEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION (SWIMMING); WOLFGANG KAEHLER, ALAMY
(ADULT AND CHICK); KLEIN AND HUBERT, MINDEN PICTURES (GROUP OF CHICKS, SPLASHING PENGUINS)
and dads hunt
for fish and
squid to feed The parents
their chicks.
take turns
hunting. While
one parent
watches the
chick, the other
hunts to bring
back food.
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When the chick
is big enough,
both parents
leave to hunt.
Sometimes the
chick cuddles
with other chicks
to stay warm.
Soon the penguin chick grows
new feathers. The young penguin
is ready to take its first swim to
catch its own fish.
IDENTIFYING
WHO WORKS WHERE?
Use your finger to follow the path of each vehicle
to the correct person. Ready, set, go!
FIRE ENGINE
JET AIRCRAFT
How many SPACE STATION
of these
vehicles
can fly?
RACE CAR
(SPACE STATION); JOHN GAFFEN, ALAMY (RACE CAR)
LE DO, SHUTTERSTOCK (FIRE ENGINE); NASA/MSFC
CHRIS PARYPA PHOTOGRAPHY, GETTY IMAGES (JET);
FIREFIGHTER
ASTRONAUT
POLICE CAR
BULLDOZER
OPERATOR
BULLDOZER
JET PILOT
OFFICER
POLICE
RACE CAR
DRIVER
ASHARKYU, SHUTTERSTOCK (BULLDOZER); NERTHUZ, GETTY IMAGES (POLICE CAR); LUGO, GETTY IMAGES (DRIVER);
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PAUL BURNS, GETTY IMAGES (OFFICER); CHRISTOPHER FURLONG, GETTY IMAGES (PILOT); KALI9, GETTY IMAGES
(OPERATOR); STOCKPHOTO MANIA, SHUTTERSTOCK (ASTRONAUT); THINKSTOCK, GETTY IMAGES (FIREFIGHTER)
ANIMALS
Romping
WITH Rhinos
A baby rhino
runs and plays.
It stays close to its
mother. A baby
rhino is called a calf.
A rhino calf gets
milk from its
mother. When it is
about two months ceroses
Some rhino try
n
old, a baby rhino live in a cou Find
.
called India map
e
starts to eat grass. India on th page.
ack
on the b
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Rhino is
a nickname
for the
rhinoceros.
MOTHER
CALF
ZSSD, MINDEN PICTURES (BOTH)
Like its
mom, the
baby rhino
has thick
skin that
looks like a
A newborn suit of armor.
rhino weighs
ALAN JEFFERY, ALAMY (RUNNING CALF); ZSSD, MINDEN PICTURES (RHINOS IN WATER); WENDY DENNIS, FLPA/MINDEN PICTURES
(PANGOLIN); PETE OXFORD, MINDEN PICTURES (TORTOISE, ARMADILLO); HIROYA MINAKUCHI, MINDEN PICTURES (CROCODILE)
more than
three
five-year-old
kids.
On hot days,
the rhinos
stay cool in
water. The
baby swims A young
and dives. rhino stays with
its mother until
it is about two
years old.
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PANGOLIN
TORTOISE
Other
Animals
With
Armor ARMADILLO
Meet some
other animals
that look
as if they
are wearing
armor.
CROCODILE
WORKBOOK
Rain Again?
It’s raining! Rainforests get more rain than ADVENTURE BEGIN
S HERE!
ages 4–5
PRE-K
any other place on Earth. Plants and animals
pre-kindergarten
SCHOOL
SKILLS
Letters
Reading
Writing
Math
there need lots of water to live and grow.
Early Concepts
STEM & NATURE
THEMES
Space
Farm Animals
Weather
Birds
Forest Friends
And More!
FUN FACTS,
JOKES, AND
PHOTOS!
LETTERS BOOST ENGAGEMENT
WITH A MIX OF SKILLS
IN EVERY CHAPTER!
Drips and Drops
Look! The raindrops have letters inside them.
Color the drops that have lowercase letters.
D Y m
f
b
A g
q
E
k P J
t
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Chocolate
COUNTING
comes from
the seeds of
Who’s There? a plant that
This hairy fellow lives in
grows in the
the rainforest.
rainforest.
Who is it? Connect the dots from
1 to 20 to find out.
8 9
7
10
6
5 11
12
4
13
3 14
15
2
16
1
17
18
NEW AFRICA, SHUTTERSTOCK (COCOA PODS)
19
20
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NATURE
A HERMIT CRA
1 2
A hermit crab When the
lives in a shell. hermit crab is
To stay safe, ready to come
it pulls its out, its big claw
whole body leads the way.
inside. Its larger Then its legs
left claw works come out.
like a door to
shut the crab
safely inside.
18 M AY / J U N E 2 0 2 5 PIOTR NASKRECKI, MINDEN PICTURES (1, 2, 3, 4); THOR HAKONSEN, GETTY IMAGES (RED CRAB)
AB COMES OUT
3 4
The hermit The crab stands
crab’s head up, ready to
pops out search for food.
next. Its belly and tail
stay inside the
shell. It ducks
back inside
whenever it
needs to rest
or hide.
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SPACE
JUPITER
Jupiter is our solar system’s
biggest planet. It is so big that
all the other planets in the
solar system could fit inside it.
JUPITER
A huge storm on
Jupiter is called
the Great Red
Spot. The storm
EARTH
is like a hurricane
It takes
on Earth, but
13 months
for a spacecraft
Jupiter’s storm has
DAVID AGUILAR (BOTH)
to get to
Jupiter.
been blowing for
hundreds of years!
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Jupiter has
at least 95
moons. Can you
find 4 moons
here?
The Great
Red Spot
is wider than
three Earths.
It takes almost
12 Earth years
for Jupiter
to completely
orbit the sun.
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How
shorts?
many kids
are wearing
OPPOSITES
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Find all the kids pushing something.
Count all the kids pulling something.
Push and Pull
FABRICE LEROUGE, AGE FOTOSTOCK (SUITCASE); WAVEBREAKMEDIA, SHUTTERSTOCK
(SWING); MONKEY BUSINESS IMAGES, DREAMSTIME (RACER); SECHELTGIRL, SHUTTER-
STOCK (WAGON); SANDRA RÖSCH, AGE FOTOSTOCK (WEEDS); IMAGE SOURCE, AGE
FOTOSTOCK (ROPE); PIXLAND, GETTY IMAGES PLUS (DOOR)
What are
some things
that you push
or pull?
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wild cards
NUDIBRANCH
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nudibranch
FUN FACTs
This animal lives in the sea.
There are more than 3,000
species of nudibranchs.
Many are very colorful.
NORBERT WU, MINDEN PICTURES
wild cards
SIFAKA
sifaka
FUN FACTs
Sifakas live in trees.
They use their strong legs
to push off as they leap
from tree to tree.
ANUP SHAH, NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY
wild cards
CAPYBARA
capybara
FUN FACTs
Capybaras are the largest
species, or kind, of rodent.
This group of animals
includes mice and rats.
WILDLIFE GMBH, ALAMY
wild cards
DAMSELFLY
damselfly
FUN FACTs
Damselflies eat small insects.
A damselfly hunts while it
flies, catching food such as
mosquitoes in the air.
KIM TAYLOR, MINDEN PICTURES
wild cards
SAND CAT
sand cat
FUN FACTs
These wild cats live in
sandy deserts. Sand cats
have fur on the bottom
of their feet. The fur protects
their feet from hot sand.
TOM MCHUGH, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
wild cards
ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN
rockhopper
penguin
FUN FACTs
Like all penguins,
rockhoppers spend most of
their time at sea. When they
do come ashore, they usually
get around by hopping.
PETE OXFORD, MINDEN PICTURES
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WOLVES
CANADA
MAP IT!
A map shows where places are. This A S I A
E URO PE
N O RT H
map shows countries where some A ME RIC A
of the animals in your magazine live.
THAILAND
This map also shows the continent INDIA
AT L A N T I C
where emperor penguins live. O C E A N
A continent is a very big landmass. GIBBON
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