Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 33 i National Geographic Little Kids

Sticker page Fur, scales or other things might cover an animal’s body. They help the animal stay warm or protect it from creatures that want to eat it. Say each word in the list below. Use your finger to draw a line from the word to the type of animal that it matches. Sticker activity Hedgehogs curl into a spiky ball to stay safe. Stick a curled-up hedgehog here! Sticker activity Stick another beetle on this branch. Look around you. What can you see that is shiny? How about hard? Or fluffy?…

These bears live in Southeast Asia. Do you like to eat honey? What do you eat it with? 1 A sun bear lives in the forest. It eats bees and honey. The bees make the honey inside trees. 2 The bear sniffs to find the honey in the trees. Strong legs and sharp claws help it climb. Up, up, up it goes! 3 The hungry bear uses its teeth to bite into the tree. Thick fur and skin protect the bear from the angry bees’ stings. 4 The bear’s long tongue searches inside the tree. It licks out bees and sweet honey. Yum! Sticker page Stick the missing tongue in this bear’s mouth!…

Draw around your hand on this cave wall. Draw some little patterns and animals, too. They also painted the animals they hunted - like these guanacos. Who has the biggest hands in your family? Sticker Scene! There is a huge wild area in Argentina called Patagonia. Lots of animals live in the dry grasslands there. Tuco-tucos are little rodents that live in burrows. They are eaten by pumas and foxes! Sticker page Stick some wildlife in this picture!…

These cats live in sandy deserts. Where else can you find sand? Sand cats have thick fur between their toes to protect their feet from the hot sand! Sand cats rest and sleep in underground homes called burrows. The cats are good diggers. Sticker activity Stick another sand cat poking out of the burrow! The sand cat’s fur is the colour of sand. It can hide by lying still. It pounces on animals it wants to eat. Snakes are one of this cat’s favourite meals.…

Big dinosaurs like Lessemsaurus ate big meals. It ate a lot of the plants you see it eating here. These plants are called cycads. (Say "SY-kads".) FACTS FOOD Plants SIZE This diagram shows how big Lessemsaurus was. Did you know that dinosaurs were on Earth for about 160 million years? This dinosaur’s fossils have been found in South America. What plants do YOU like to eat?…

Flap your arms when you see a flying puffin. Tickle the tummy of the bird that is ready to eat. Circle the puffin that is landing on the ground. Tap twice when you see the swimming puffin. Wiggle your nose at the bird that is going to build a nest with sticks. Sticker activity Baby puffins are called pufflings! They have black face feathers. Stick one here. Sticker page…

Slither like a snake! Emerald tree boas live in rainforest trees. They hardly ever move along the ground. The snake slithers up and across branches. Its green colour helps this boa hide in the leaves. Can you name any other bright green creatures? If an emerald tree boa could stand on its tail, it would be taller than some grown-ups! Sticker page Sticker activity Stick some more squiggly patterns on this snake. The boa’s tail can grip like a hand. The boa hangs from a branch and waits for a yummy rat. Then the snake grabs its prey with its big mouth and squeezes its body around the animal. This snake finds prey by ‘smelling’ animals with its tongue. Baby boas are orange, yellow or red. They turn green later.…

Next time you go outside, point out the colours of the flowers! Can you name some other colours that are not on these pages?…

This large, long country is in South America. It has big mountains, warm grasslands and cold deserts. Speak Spanish! Goodbye in Argentina is ¡Adiós! Can you try? Say: “ah-dyohs” Hundreds of big, fast-moving waterfalls flow between the border of Argentina and Brazil. Tango is a dramatic dance from Argentina. Couples walk closely together. Then they lunge and spin! Capybaras live near water in Argentina. They are the biggest rodents on Earth! Sticker page Dance around the room with someone! Sticker activity Stick a baby capybara near to its mum.…