Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Become an eyewitness to how reptiles sense the world, move and use camouflage in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of these scaly creatures. Children will be mesmerized by the many different types of reptile species, from small pets to large crocodiles

A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.

Provides information about enormous reptiles who swam the seas during the dinosaur age.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet by describing a reptile for each letter, from the armadillo lizard to the dinosaurs of a zillion years ago.

Strange and wonderful creatures shared the earth with the dinosaurs. Kronosaurus ruled the seas with teeth as big as bananas and jaws more powerful than a Tyrannosaurus rex's. Flying Pterodaustro spit water through hundreds of long, thin teeth. Deinosuchus, the giant crocodile, preyed on unlucky dinosaurs. These and other amazing animals are introduced to young readers in easy-to-read text and dynamic illustrations.

Learn about the many ways that snakes are helpful to people, and how you can protect these important reptiles.

What is so super about salamanders? Read about these interesting amphibians and decide for yourself!

Read about people all around the world who work to help this little known group of the animal kingdom survive and thrive.