Lamar Public Library

Colorado is where the wild things are--baby wild things. This collection of candid and often comical images by wildlife photographers Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski is devoted entirely to the junior residents of the Centennial State. Come along and witness these young creatures at play, exploring the big, new world around them.

Polar bear babies wake up, learn to fish, swim, walk on the ice, and enjoy running.

Discusses the selection, care and handling, and safety of having kittens as pets.

Color photos accompany more than one hundred facts about puppies, covering different breeds, care, and training. Also includes a glossary and a list of related books and Web sites.

Full-color photographs and simple text introduces early readers to baby animals that live in the wilderness, and features porcupines, turtles, coyotes, American goldfinches, raccoons, and others.

A puppy is adopted by a little girl who is not experienced with pets, so the dog must teach her everything she needs to know to take care of him properly.

Off the Pacific coast of Mexico, a baby sperm whale is born, feeds, speaks to her mother in clicks, and spends her days diving, spy-hopping, lob-tailing, and rolling as she grows and learns the ways of the sea.

Grover reads a library book that introduces the characteristics of a variety of baby animals.

Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch.