1 1 4 animal babies (nonfiction)

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Animall Babies

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Build Background

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Extend Language

Nonfiction

• Animal Names
• Baby Animals
• Observing
Animals

• Labels in
Pictures
• Patterned
Text

• Baby Animal
Names

Scott Foresman Reading Street 1.1.4

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ISBN 0-328-14100-3

by Donna Platt


Talk About It
1. Tell about some of the baby animals you
saw in this book.
2. How do the animal mothers take care of
their babies?

Animall Babies
Anima
by Donna Platt

Write About It
3. On a sheet of paper, draw a picture of your
favorite baby animal. Write its name.

Extend Language
A baby cow is a calf. Baby ducks are called
ducklings. What can you call other kinds of
baby animals?
Photographs
Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher
deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Cover ©Tim Davis/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 1 ©Getty Images; 2 ©NGS Images/Getty
Images; 3 ©Peter Lilja/Getty Images; 4 ©George D. Lepp/Corbis; 5 ©Jane Burton/
DK Images; 6 ©Getty Images; 7 ©Bruce Coleman, Inc.; 8 (TL) ©Renee Lynn/Photo
Researchers, Inc., (TR) ©Tim Davis/Photo Researchers, Inc., (C) ©Stefan Myers/Animals

Animals/Earth Scenes.
ISBN: 0-328-14100-3
Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise.
For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman,
1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York
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Sales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois
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dog

cow
calf

puppy

Baby animals have mothers too.
The mothers take care of the babies.

2

The mother cow is with her calf.
The cow is eating with her calf.

3


cat
ducklings

duck

kittens

The mother duck is swimming in the pond.
Her ducklings are swimming behind her.

4

The mother cat cleans her kitten.
She licks her kitten’s fur clean.

5


bird
worm

fox
kit

chicks

The mother bird feeds her chicks.

The chicks eat the worm.

6

The mother fox stays with her kit.
The kit is safe.

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Talk About It
1. Tell about some of the baby animals you
saw in this book.
2. How do the animal mothers take care of
their babies?

Write About It
3. On a sheet of paper, draw a picture of your
favorite baby animal. Write its name.

Extend Language
A baby cow is a calf. Baby ducks are called
ducklings. What can you call other kinds of
baby animals?
Photographs
Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher
deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Cover ©Tim Davis/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 1 ©Getty Images; 2 ©NGS Images/Getty
Images; 3 ©Peter Lilja/Getty Images; 4 ©George D. Lepp/Corbis; 5 ©Jane Burton/

DK Images; 6 ©Getty Images; 7 ©Bruce Coleman, Inc.; 8 (TL) ©Renee Lynn/Photo
Researchers, Inc., (TR) ©Tim Davis/Photo Researchers, Inc., (C) ©Stefan Myers/Animals
Animals/Earth Scenes.
ISBN: 0-328-14100-3

What other things can mother animals
do with their babies?

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise.
For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman,
1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V034 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

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