Rays

Amazing Animals

by Valerie Bodden

From flightless, long-legged ostriches to winged rays, and from elusive, long-tailed snow leopards to wily foxes, the world of animals is wonderfully diverse. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates. Beautiful photos are paired with STEM-appropriate text to examine the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal's appearance or behavior. A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of rays, the flat-bodied fish with skeletons made of cartilage. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why rays' fins look like wings.

Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books

24 pages, Paperback

Published January 11, 2022

About the author

Valerie Bodden writes children's nonfiction as well as Christian romance (under the name Valerie M. Bodden--visit the Goodreads page for her Christian romance at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...).

She is the author of more than 300 children's books. Her books have received critical acclaim from Booklist, Children's Literature, ForeWord Magazine, Horn Book Guide, VOYA, and School Library Journal.

Valerie lives in Wisconsin with her husband, four children, one dog, two cats, a growing collection of fish, and miscellaneous bugs that her children have "rescued" from the outdoors. She spends most of her time writing or wrangling children and animals

Find her online at www.valeriembodden.com (Christian fiction), www.valeriebodden.com (children’s nonfiction), or www.vbeditorial.com (editing services).

Reviews

[Amy!]

A really great introduction to rays with gorgeous photography. This series would be good for kids in first grade and up looking for animal info.

[Darius Billings]

I think the mouth of a ray looks ugly.

I don’t understand why baby rays are called pups.

I learned that some rays can have blue spots, and that was on the cover.

Giant manta rays are HUUUUUGGGEE.

I don’t know how to pronounce the last name of the author.