Meerkats
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- Create Date：2021-07-02 09:54:35
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Laura Marsh
- ISBN：142631342X
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Summary
Welcome to the wacky world of meerkats， where groups of these furry friends team up to survive in the wild。 Each meerkat has a job: babysitting the kids， guarding the troops， or foraging for food。 Kids will be mesmerized by wonderful photographs and inviting text。 This level 1 reader is written in easy-to-grasp text that will help kids learn about these cute critters and the power of teamwork！
Reviews
Leonard
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If you love stories about real animals then this is just the book for you。 A book that informs you about meerkats。 The picture is nice because you can see the real color of the meerkats。 Children that love animals will love this book about these furry little critters。 This book offers insight into how they live eat and so much more。 This is a book that can not only help children in school but along the way。
Corinne Pettry
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This book is a great informative book about meerkats， it offers information about what they are， how they live， what they eat， their big families， jobs they have and a lot more。 I love these types of books because they offer so many opportunities to learn。I gave this book 5 stars because it offers so many things to learn about and includes new words for kids to expand their vocabulary。
Kaethe Douglas
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 #37 in my 365 Kids Books challenge and multi-year request to Goodreads to fix the Top Readers， etc。 lists。 For a full explanation see my review for 101 Amazing Facts about Australia You can see all the books on their own shelf。 Well， now I am behind。 Obviously， reading children's picture books doesn't burn through my reading time， but oy！ the reviewing time and mood are a greater struggle。 It's odd， really how much time a brief review takes me to write， despite being devoid of difficult concepts #37 in my 365 Kids Books challenge and multi-year request to Goodreads to fix the Top Readers， etc。 lists。 For a full explanation see my review for 101 Amazing Facts about Australia You can see all the books on their own shelf。 Well， now I am behind。 Obviously， reading children's picture books doesn't burn through my reading time， but oy！ the reviewing time and mood are a greater struggle。 It's odd， really how much time a brief review takes me to write， despite being devoid of difficult concepts are complex analyses。 And if I want to write comfortably I need my computer， but it is in the office and although it is portable I neither want to spend non-employment time there nor do I want to fetch it away。 So that's weird and distressing in a meta way with the baffling reluctance more than anything。 Maybe the project will be abandoned。 Maybe I will meet that goal， but fail at something else。 The year is young。 And glorious。 Suddenly this week the forsythia and quince have bloomed， catching up with the daffodils and tiny wildflowers in the grass。 Now there is sunshine and warmth and lots of frogs at night and entire flocks of birds taking a break in the trees。 New seasons come along just in time to stop me from dying of ennui at an old one dragging on。So， this book。 As the parent of a young child who loved looking at quality pictures of a species， full points。 But much of the remaining space is devoted to engagement。 Perhaps generic jokes and crazy quizzes and matching exercises and listicles are good ways of engaging young readers: truly I know nothing on the subject。 For the reader who actually wants to learn something about meerkats， however， they're annoying as hell。 I would like to know how many meerkats are in a mob， and what relationships they have to one another。 I want to know which predators， specifically， they are watching out for， and whether the strategy is successful。 I want to know what temperature the burrows are， and how much the temperature varies from night to day， and how soon the pups are up and about and when they are weaned， and when they get jobs， and when they change jobs， and when do they want to start their own families， and do they all， and if so， how do they find a nice meerkat who shares their interests and goals and do they have names and what do meerkats and zoos get for enrichment and what are grubs anyway。To be clear， I think that early readers are the hardest books to write， because it is hard to explain new information with a simple vocabulary and sentence structure。 This is not a skill that is promoted in academic research programs outside of education。 So the people who can answer my questions aren't likely to be inclined to writing the books。 And as careers become more specialized it may be hard to find anyone who could answer all the sorts of questions I have。 But it also seems like for animals one could come up with a standard list of questions and figure out who to ask and then write up the responses in a standard format。 Again， I don't think it is easy， but I think it is doable。 Like universal healthcare。Library copy 。。。more
Cara Byrne
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"They have fun， just like you。 They work， play， and rest， too。 They dig in the sand and lie in the sun。 Most often you'll find more than one！ What are they？ Meerkats！" "They have fun， just like you。 They work， play， and rest， too。 They dig in the sand and lie in the sun。 Most often you'll find more than one！ What are they？ Meerkats！" 。。。more
Maria Cruz
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Meerkats by Laura Marsh begins with a Table of Contents。 The book tells about meerkats-what they are， where they live， and what they eat。 This book also explains that they live in a "mob" or group and that each meerkat has a special and unique role-teacher， babysitter， guard， and feeder。 There is also a page that includes seven cool facts about meerkats。 At the end there are close-up photos to match with a vocabulary word from a word bank。 This is another excellent book for emergent readers with Meerkats by Laura Marsh begins with a Table of Contents。 The book tells about meerkats-what they are， where they live， and what they eat。 This book also explains that they live in a "mob" or group and that each meerkat has a special and unique role-teacher， babysitter， guard， and feeder。 There is also a page that includes seven cool facts about meerkats。 At the end there are close-up photos to match with a vocabulary word from a word bank。 This is another excellent book for emergent readers with many extension activities a teacher could incorporate into the classroom。 。。。more
Whitney Leanhart
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I absolutely love National Geographic books because they are filled with fun information and great pictures！ One fun fact is all meerkats have a job to do。
Kimberly
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This is a cute informational book about meerkats it goes over what they are the tunnels they dig and even that tgey eat beetles and grub。 It also talks about how they stay safe and how they have guards watching out
Kathy （Kindle-aholic）
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Lots of info， great photos。
Mariah Roze
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Love National Geographic！ This is helping me with my animal unit in science :） The perfect reading level for my students！
JINA YU
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Accelerated Reading Book Level: 2。1 / AR Points: 0。5
Shannon Brasher
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An easy reader style book for those learning to read。 Normally， I am not a fan of easy readers because of the over simplified language and storyline， however this one uses a variety of words which I think help challenge readers。 I also love how the book introduces students to a variety of text features。 Students will enjoy reading this book as it is very informative with a lot of interesting pictures。 I would have this， and other books in this series in my classroom library。
Becky B
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An easy introduction to meerkats， what they are， and how they live。 The easy text is accompanied by fantastic full color pictures of meerkats。Love the photographs。 The text was informative， did a good job of explaining bigger words， and I'm sure kids will like the little meerkat jokes provided in the corner of some of the pages （most are pun heavy and provoked more groans than laughs from me）。 A good pick for a young animal lover or inquisitive kid。 An easy introduction to meerkats， what they are， and how they live。 The easy text is accompanied by fantastic full color pictures of meerkats。Love the photographs。 The text was informative， did a good job of explaining bigger words， and I'm sure kids will like the little meerkat jokes provided in the corner of some of the pages （most are pun heavy and provoked more groans than laughs from me）。 A good pick for a young animal lover or inquisitive kid。 。。。more
Preston Fordstrom
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Meerkats are the same size as squirrels。
Gracedougan
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I think it was a rilly good and silly
PottWab Regional Library
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Allison
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Julie
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As if any book about these wonderful creatures could be anything but amazing。
Shelli
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This is an wonderful non-fiction picture book for early readers about meerkats。 The photographs are stunning， the text informative & memorable with many interesting facts about these adorable critters。 What kid hasn't watched Disney's The Lion King and fallen in love with the sassy Timon？ Reading more about him and his family dynamics will make kiddos excited to read。 However， I do not agree with the reading "level 1" this book is categorized under。 Due to some of the more challenging words that This is an wonderful non-fiction picture book for early readers about meerkats。 The photographs are stunning， the text informative & memorable with many interesting facts about these adorable critters。 What kid hasn't watched Disney's The Lion King and fallen in love with the sassy Timon？ Reading more about him and his family dynamics will make kiddos excited to read。 However， I do not agree with the reading "level 1" this book is categorized under。 Due to some of the more challenging words that students would need to sound out I would say this is a "level 2。" 。。。more
Reference
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The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Meerkats&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0