? Why ANIMALS Why do you think coyotes howl? L A N Coyotes howl to talk. When one coyote O TI A N / Y howls, their family answers with yips. That BRARTION is how they say they are happy. Howls and PICTURE LIGE COLLEC G A NM yips also tell other coyotes to stay away. ARDIHIC I HP BERT OGRA OE RG 2 S E P T E M B E R / O C TO B E R 2 0 2 2 SORTING What Is Different? Look at each picture in the top row. Find the differences between it and the one below. N); / ME SEAU NOWKLE) SSC BROME (T (PI RICHARD REAMSTIUREQUES AFFE); © NEILL / DES / PICT STIME (GIR© DERRICK D X PICTUR REAMENS); BRAN N NAGEL / DSTIME (MITTE / TRIOLO / dFififnedr eonncee . diFfifnedre tnwcoes . dFiifnfedr ethnrceees . NMK © GLEDREA© BUR 3 N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C NATURE That’s Cool! Meet the Chinese water deer. Chinese water deer eat grass, reeds, and vegetables near lakes and rivers. These deer have two extra-long teeth. The teeth might help protect the deer. E); R TUT) CE BIG PIY (INS S (M EA RL UA N PICTOTO / EH NDSP TEETH tToh teeyll obtahrker ON LITTEN / FLPA / MIDERIC DESMETTE / BIO animals to SIMFRE © © stay away. 4 S E P T E M B E R / O C TO B E R 2 0 2 2 NAMING What in the World Are These? K. C IMAGE COLLECTION. RIN / SHUTTERSTOCK. Y READ / SHUTTERSTOC —NT —IZARD —ARROT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIHUTTERSTOCK; SUPER POLLECTION; DR. MORLE LY / H / SGE C DERVICMA AK WONT BERKORAPHIC I K; JAGIOG CHE TON; L G SOA TERCTION HUTOLLENATI —ONKEY —UTTERFLY —AT TTERSTOCK; FEDOR SELIVANOV / SNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE CHUTTERSTOCK; FRANS LANTING / GHT): SKYNETPHOTO / SHUO RIGHT): JAK WONDERLY / TO RIGHT): DIRK ERCKEN / S —ROG —AGUAR —PIDER P ROW (LEFT TO RIDDLE ROW (LEFT TTTOM ROW (LEFT Name some other things in the rainforest. TOMIBO 5 N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C ANIMALS FLYING FROGS A Wallace’s f lying frog jumps from a tall tree. It looks like it is f lying through the air! 6 S E P T E M B E R / O C TO B E R 2 0 2 2 © STEPHEN DALTON / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY This frog can glide 50 feet. That is longer than a school bus. But this frog does not f lap like a bird. The frog glides. It moves its legs and feet to change direction. 7 N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C How does it do that? The frog has skin between its toes. When it spreads out its toes, the frog’s feet are like little parachutes. (Say PEAR-uh-shoots.) SKIN This frog could fit in the palm of your hand. © QUENTIN MARTINEZ / BIOSPHOTO / MINDEN PICTURES (ON LEAF); 8 © QUENTIN MARTINEZ / BIOSPHOTO / ALAMY (LEAPING); S E P T E M B E R / O C TO B E R 2 0 2 2 © NICK GARBUTT / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY (ON BRANCH) Flying frogs move from tree to tree to find food and escape predators. To land, it grabs a branch with its padded toes. TOES Wallace’s flying frogs eat insects. Sometimes the frog glides all the way to the ground. Whee! 9 N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C READING TWO TIMES Some of these words end in two letter L’s. Point to each picture. Say the name of the picture aloud. Find all the pictures that end in two letter L’s. BACKPACK SHELL GULL Which of these pictures are toys? DOLL © FOTOTOCAM / DREAMSTIME (BOOK); DINO OSMIC / SHUTTERSTOCK 10 (BALL); MCHEBBY / ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES (CUPCAKE); MARIESACHA / S E P T E M B E R / O C TO B E R 2 0 2 2 SHUTTERSTOCK (DOLL); MIT KAPEVSKI / SHUTTERSTOCK (BACKPACK);