Readers explore a backyard habitat and discover how garden animals and plants form an ecosystem and rely on each other for survival.

This title cleverly takes young readers on a mini safari through a backyard making connections between the living things that call it home. For example: As aphids suck nectar from the stems of plants, a ladybird leaves its winter hiding place to start munching on aphids. As worms wriggle through the soil helping to bring nutrients and rainwater to the roots of the garden’s trees, a robin hunts for worms to feed to its chicks.

• Packed with curriculum science information
• See how backyard animals make their homes and what they eat.
• Learn about the life cycles of some common mammals and birds
• Discover how insects pollinate plants
• Controlled vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure
• Beautiful, labelled photographs throughout
• Close photo/text match
• Includes a backyard food web diagram

Filled with facts about the natural world, this title is perfect for students studying habitats, animal and plant life cycles, and ecosystems.