Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 19 i National Geographic Little Kids

This type of seal is longer than your bed! Sticker activity Stick some fish on the page for this seal to eat. These seals are very rare. Do you like to eat fish? What kinds of fish have you eaten? While swimming, a seal closes its nostrils to keep out the water. The seal swishes its back flippers from side to side to move. Its front flippers help it turn and stop. Big eyes help it look for food in the dark ocean. These seals often hide in caves to stay away from people. A Mediterranean monk seal eats fish, octopuses, squid, eels and lobsters. Long whiskers feel out for fish swimming by. The seal catches one and swallows it whole. Gulp! Can you think of another animal with whiskers?…

How many fruits are on this page? How many animals are on this page? Which letters are repeated? Sticker page Sticker activity These birds’ names have repeated letters, too. Stick them to the page!…

Malawi is a hot country in Africa. It is surrounded by land, but there is a huge lake. Speak Chichewa To greet someone in Malawi, you say Muli bwanji. Can you try? Say: “MOO-li BWAHN-jee” A fun game in Malawi is bawo. Players move seeds or stones around a wooden board. Many colourful fish called cichlids live in Lake Malawi. Sticker page Stick some more cichlids in the water. Lake Malawi is so big it is sometimes called an ‘inland sea’! Local people carve canoes out of logs for fishing and travel.…

1 Robins feed their chicks with earthworms. To find a worm, the robin stands on the ground. It looks around for worms hidden in the grass or soil. 2 The bird catches the worm with its beak and pulls it from its hiding place. Have you seen a robin? Where? Sticker page Stick a worm in this robin’s beak! 3 The robin flies back to the nest. It carries the worm in its beak. 4 The hungry chicks open their mouths wide. Their mum or dad drops in the worm. If the chicks are very young, their parent breaks the worm into pieces.…

Most sloth bears live in India, in forests and grasslands. Do you like to be carried? When? Sloth bears eat fruit, ants, termites and bees. The cub stands on its back legs. It grabs onto Mum's fur with its front paws. Then the baby pulls itself up. Sometimes sloth bears hang from branches. Soon the cub will be too big to climb onto its mum. But for now, giddyup! MORE PIGGYBACK RIDES Sticker page Meet other babies that ride on their mum or dad! Sticker activity Stick a baby lemur on its mum’s back! Can you ask someone for a piggy back?…