The Nature Kid's Guide to Pronghorns

Zoom! A blur streaks across the prairie at 55 miles per hour. Hooves barely touch the ground. It's a pronghorn, the fastest land animal in North America!

If your child loves speed, pronghorns put cheetahs to shame in one important way: they can keep running fast for miles while a cheetah gets tired after just a few seconds. These unique animals are so different from everything else that scientists put them in a family all by themselves.

"The Nature Kid's Guide to Pronghorn" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know how these prairie speedsters work. Why do their white rump hairs puff up in just three seconds? How can their eyes spot movement from four miles away? What lets week-old babies outrun adult humans? Your child will uncover the answers and want to share them at dinner.

Short sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover animals with hearts twice as big as expected for their size, hollow hairs that keep them warm in winter and cool in summer, and herds that can number up to 1,000 strong.

A book for kids who love fast animals and wide open spaces.

Pronghorns take 300 breaths per minute while running, migrate 150 miles between summer and winter homes, and survive temperatures from 50 below zero to over 100 degrees. Twin fawns are born with almost no smell so predators can't sniff them out. These ancient animals have been racing across North America for millions of years.

Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child's next favorite animal is waiting.