A level 2 reader in the Scholastic nonfiction reader line featuring gigantic animals that you'll hardly believe are real! Some people are short and some people are tall, but everyone is a little different. The same is true for animals. Some animals are small and others are bigger. But did you know that certain animals grow much, MUCH larger than all others of their kind? In this level 2 reader, you'll meet oversized animals--from rabbits the size...

"Look closely-- how many round things do you see?"--Jacket.

Shelley has to pick up the socks she's left all over her room. But when she opens her sock drawer, a tiny troublemaking boy appears. She has to make her bed, but there he is again, underneath the sheets watering a tomato plant. Soon enough this tiny terror is making a mess all over the house and Shelley's efforts to get rid of him only make him grow bigger. The solution, to everyone's surprise, is banishment by hugs and kisses! A newly designed Classic...

Introduces the concepts of wide and narrow, and describes the differences between the two

Little Frog does not want to grow up, and he gives his father all sorts of reasons why being small is best.

A variety of different bugs compare their relative sizes while going on parade.

Young readers learn about some of the smallest reptiles in the world.

Describes the size of different dinosaurs by comparing them to more familiar objects, such as a school bus, a trombone, or a bowling alley.

A simple introduction to such large bugs as goliath beetles, giant cockroaches, lantern flies, dragonflies, and others.