Mary Batten

Wild Cats

Wild Cats is a First Chapter Book in Golden Books' "Road to Reading Series."

Did you know that all cats are hunters? That even the wildest cat can play like a kitten? That a lion's roar can be heard more than three miles away?

Meet the the fascinating world of wild cats -- tigers, lions, cheetahs, leopards, and some odd cats like the serval, sand cat, and flat-headed cat.

Spectacular illustrations by Michael Langham Rowe at Wildlife Art, Ltd.

(Golden Books, 2002)

Selected Works

Nonfiction

Sexual Strategies: How Females Choose Their Mates
The role that female choice plays in the evolution of species.

Who Has A Belly Button?
Every person in the world and many animals have belly buttons. Do you know why? This book gives the answer in terms that young readers can understand.

War: A Culture of Death
War is hell on Earth. The world's armed forces are the single biggest polluters of the planet.

Aliens From Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems
When exotic species invade ecosystems, they threaten the existence of native species and upset the balance of life.

Hey, Daddy! Animal Fathers and Their Babies
Single mothers are the norm throughout the animal kingdom, but there are some animal daddies that care for their young in remarkable ways.

Wild Cats
Lions and tigers and cheetahs, oh my!

Anthropologist: Scientist of the People
This book is about anthropologist Magdalena Hurtado and her work with a group of hunter-gatherers in Paraguay.

The Winking, Blinking Sea
All about bioluminescence

Hungry Plants
About the bizarre world of carnivorous plants.

Baby Wolf
A baby gray wolf grows up.

Nonfiction/science

PLEASE DON'T WAKE THE ANIMALS
A book about sleep.

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