Over the snow, the world is hushed and white, but under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many others who live outside in the woods during the winter.
Depicts the ways various animals spend the cold months of winter, from bats sleeping in caverns to fish swimming deeper in the lakes where the water is warmer.
Describes the ways animals hibernate during the winter, explaining the difference between true hibernators and light sleepers, and how they wake up in the spring.
Introduces some of the ways that animals that live in climates with cold winters react to the changing seasons, including migration, hibernation or resting without complete hibernation, adopting camouflage, and eating stored food.
"When winter comes, animals seem to know just what to do. From frogs to deer to dragonflies, whether they're hiding, seeking or simply staying put, many animals have found ingenious ways to survive the cold. In this poetic exploration of just how they do that, expressive text and non-fiction sidebars seamlessly combine to carry young readers through late fall to early spring. Readers learn about all the different kinds of hibernation, how animals...
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