A comprehensive, best-selling guide to more than 3,000 snake species for fans of snakes, snake owners, and students now in an updated second edition produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution.--

"Provides information about the appearance, homes, eating habits, and reproduction of rattlesnakes."--

Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures. Yet, for as many meanings that we attribute to snakes-from fertility and birth to sin and death-the real-life...

Alexia is delighted when Mr. Cooper brings in Bob, a hognose snake, as class pet, but when Bob keels over, is Andrea's toy poodle or Alexia's neglect to blame?

Simple text and photographs present sea snakes and their habits.

"When Zookeeper Fred's green snake Vern gets loose in the zoo, the Questioneers need all their talents to help find him, but in the end, it is Aaron's art that leads the way. Includes facts about snakes."--

Eight-year-old Sophie Mouse is excited to return to school after the long winter break, but there is a new student--a snake--and Sophie and the other animals are afraid to sit near him, much less ask him to play with them, because they have heard snakes are awful.

"Venomous fangs, smelling with their tongues, squeezing to death . . . Colorful photos and descriptive text help explain the body parts, characteristics, and behaviors that make some snakes special--and creepy"--