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Toco Toucans: bright enough to disappear
By Anastasia Suen

Toco toucans have a surprising way of protecting themselves from predators. These birds have multicolored feathers and big, reddish-orange beaks that should make them easy to spotor so you would think. The brilliant colors actually provide the perfect camouflage among the bright foliage of the tropical rain forest. The toucans can stay safe by hiding in plain sight! Packed with fascinating facts and photos that will test childrens detective skills, this book will engage emergent readers as they learn how toco toucans are adapted for survival. A section of the book highlights other rain-forest birds that are camouflaged to look like the plants in their environment.

Chimpanzees
By Helen Friesen

A book all about chimpanzees, chimpanzee history, where chimpanzees live, chimpanzee features, what chimpanzees eat, chimpanzee life cycle, conservation of chimpanzees, and myths and legends.

Chasing Cheetahs
By Sy Montgomery

Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation between cheetahs and farmers.

Wild Cats: past & present
By John Becker

Discusses the genetic ancestors of wild cats and presents information on the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and threats to different kinds of wild cats, including servals, jaguars, and lynxes.
A Little Book of Sloth

Orangutan Orphanage
By Suzi Eszterhas

Invites readers inside the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine, operated by Orangutan Foundation International, in the South Pacific jungles of Borneo. It explores why baby orangutans become orphaned and the process of healing and rehabilitating them for return to the wild. It also highlights the people who work at the rescue center and how they aid the animals.

Tree Kangaroos
By Willow Clark

Learn how tree kangaroos are specially adapted to tree living and why they might have adopted this ecological niche over time.

Giant Pandas
By Gail Gibbons

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and habitat of these endangered animals.

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