World’s Best Animal Dads: Seahorses

It’s a big day for a father seahorse. For weeks he has been carrying his babies in a special pouch on his tummy. Now the young seahorses are ready to begin their lives in the ocean. With a series of pushes, he gives birth to his tiny babies. As the seahorse babies swim away, his protective role as their father is over. In this book, young readers will discover the unusual life cycle of seahorses. The fascinating text is supported by beautiful, detailed photographs. 
  • Learn how a pair of seahorses mate for life and live amongst the seaweed on a coral reef.
  • See how the mother seahorse transfers her eggs to the father’s body.
  • And discover how a father seahorse carries the pair’s eggs and then their babies in his body.
 In this book, the carefully levelled text and beautiful photographs introduce young animal lovers to these tiny fish and one of the animal kingdom’s most unusual life cycles.

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• A new spin on animal family life focusing on some hardworking animal dads! • Beautiful, detailed photographs that support the text. • Colourful, cool designs incorporating textures and fun illustrations • A new approach to the core topic of animal life cycles that allows young readers to get up close with wild animal families.

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These beautiful books, with carefully levelled text, are perfect for introducing young children to non-fiction reading. Readers will meet a pair of emperor penguins and their chick, a gorilla family, a lion pride, and a seahorse pair and their thousands of tiny babies. The books introduce life cycles by focusing on the role of the father in these animal families. From defending against predators to playing with the youngsters, incubating an egg to actually giving birth, these animal dads are the best in the world and take their caring duties very seriously! The text is supported with fantastic photographs.

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