www.learningpage.com
VVooccaabbuullaarryy BBooookk •• 66
AnimalsAnimals
VV oo cc aa bb uu ll aa rr yy BB oo oo kk ss
© 2002 Learningpage.com, inc. www.learningpage.com
Vocabulary books help teach children words for common
objects and how to use those words in sentences.
Ewe Books are downloadable and printable books
only available on the Internet from the
Learning Page Web site:
www.learningpage.com
Written by Lisa Ing
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Parrot ........................................1
Tortoise .....................................2
Alligator ....................................3
Butterfly.....................................4
Lion ...........................................5
Cobra .......................................6
Elephant ....................................7
Chimpanzee...............................8
Animals
A Vocabulary Book
© 2003 Learning Page, Inc.
Written by Lisa Ing
© Learning Page, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Learning Page
1630 E. River Road #121
Tucson, AZ 85718
www.learningpage.com
Photo Credits:
All photos: © PhotoDisc.
TToorrttooiissee
The back of the tortoise
is covered with a hard shell.
Its belly is a hard shell, too.
A tortoise can pull its head
and legs into its shell.
It is very safe inside the shell.
PPaarrrroott
A parrot is a pretty bird.
It has two wings and a long tail
made of bright feathers.
Its mouth is a beak.
It holds on to things with claws.
Some parrots can talk.
21
shell
belly leg
headbeak
claws tail
wing
BBuutttteerrffllyy
A butterfly is a flying insect.
It has a long, thin body.
It has two brightly colored wings.
Two long antennae stick out
from its head.
Some butterflies have spots.
AAlllliiggaattoorr
An alligator has a very big mouth.
It has many sharp teeth
and a big tongue.
It likes to float in the water.
Only its eyes and scaly back
can be seen from the shore.
43
antennae
wing
body
back
teeth
eye
tongue
spots
CCoobbrraa
A cobra is a kind of snake.
It has a slim body and no legs.
Small scales cover the cobra
from head to tail.
A cobra spreads the hood
around its neck and hisses.
LLiioonn
A lion is a big cat.
It uses its nose to smell prey.
It runs fast on four big paws.
Lions have thick, warm fur
that covers their bodies.
Male lions have big manes.
65
tail
body
hood
scalesfur
mane nose
paw
CChhiimmppaannzzeeee
A chimpanzee is an ape.
It swings from trees using
its long arms and hands.
Its toes are as long as its fingers.
Its body is covered with hair.
Apes are related to you and me.
EElleepphhaanntt
An elephant has big ears.
It has two big, pointed tusks.
It can pick things up
using its trunk like a hand.
An elephant walks on four big feet.
Everything on an elephant is big.
87
hair
armhand
toes
ear
tusk
trunk feet