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Crabtree Publishing Company

www.crabtreebooks.com

Crabtree Publishing Company

www.crabtreebooks.com

Megan Kopp

Published in Canada

Crabtree Publishing

616 Welland Ave.

St. Catharines, Ontario

L2M 5V6

Published in the United States

Crabtree Publishing

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New York, New York 10118

Published in the United Kingdom

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of Crabtree Publishing Company. In Canada: We acknowledge the nancial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our

publishing activities.

Author

Megan Kopp

Publishing plan research and development

Reagan Miller

Editors

Janine Deschenes

Crystal Sikkens

Design

Ken Wright

Tammy McGarr (cover)

Photo research

Janine Deschenes

Crystal Sikkens

Production coordinator and

prepress technician

Ken Wright

Print coordinator

Katherine Berti

Illustrations

Bonna Rouse: pages 5, 21

Photographs

iStockphoto: page 8

All other images from Shutterstock

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Kopp, Megan, author

What do you nd in a backyard? / Megan Kopp.

(Ecosystems close-up)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-2255-7 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-2267-0 (paperback).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-1722-9 (html)

1. Suburban animals--Juvenile literature. 2. Urban animals--Juvenile

literature. 3. Urban ecology (Biology)--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QH541.5.C6K67 2016 j591.756 C2015-907986-1

C2015-907987-X

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kopp, Megan, author.

Title: What do you nd in a backyard? / Megan Kopp.

Description: New York, New York : Crabtree

Publishing Company, [2016] | Series: Ecosystems close-up | Includes

index.

| Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by

publisher; resource not viewed.

Identiers: LCCN 2015045730 (print) | LCCN 2015045152 (ebook) | ISBN

9781427117229 (electronic HTML) | ISBN 9780778722557 (reinforced

library binding : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780778722670 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Urban ecology (Biology)--Juvenile literature. | Urban

animals--Juvenile literature. | Garden ecology--Juvenile literature. |

Garden animals--Juvenile literature.

Classication: LCC QH541.5.C6 (print) | LCC QH541.5.C6 K67 2016

(ebook) | DDC 578.75/6--dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015045730

Printed in Canada/032016/EF20160210

Published in Australia

Crabtree Publishing

3 Charles Street

Coburg North

VIC 3058

Synchred Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-577-6 (e-book)

Contents

What is a Backyard? 4

A Backyard Ecosystem 6

Let the Sun Shine in! 8

Take a Deep Breath 10

A Thirsty Backyard 12

Feed Me! 14

Home, Tweet Home 16

A Helping Hand 18

Create a Space 20

Sharing the System 22

Learning More 23

Words to Know and Index 24

What is a Backyard?

Backyards are made up of both living and nonliving

things. In backyards, the Sun shines, air moves, soil

covers the ground, and rain falls from the sky. These

are nonliving things in a backyard.

The types of

living things

found in a

backyard

depend on

the weather.

apple

tree

fence

birdhouse

grass

birdfeeder

birds

water

birdbath

owers

Scientists use models , such as

this drawing of a northern U.S.

backyard, to help us understand

how things are connected.

Whats in your Backyard?

In North America, backyards are often full of life. Plants

and animals are living things. You might nd grass,

owers, or trees in a North American backyard. Insects

buzz around. Birds chirp. Squirrels chatter.

A Backyard

Ecosystem

A system is made up of connected parts that work

together. An ecosystem is a system made up of

all the living and nonliving things found in one place.

A backyard is a type of ecosystem.

Robins need

earthworms

and insects for

food. They can

meet this need

in a backyard

ecosystem.

Backyard Living

Plants and animals are living things. Living things grow.

As they grow, living things change and create new

living things. Animals have babies. Plants create new

plants. All plants need sunlight, air, and water to grow.

Animals need water, air, food, and shelter to survive.

Living things

can only live

in ecosystems

where they get

what they need

to survive .

Let the Sun Shine in!

Backyards are

normally open

spaces with a lot of

sunlight. Sunlight is

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