Libby Romero - National Geographic Readers: Animal Architects (L3)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Romero, Libby, author.

Title: Animal architects / by Libby Romero.

Description: Washington, DC : National Geographic Kids,
[2019] | Series: National geographic readers | Audi
ence: Ages 6-9. | Audience: K to grade 3.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018031443 (print) | LCCN 2018032652
(ebook) | ISBN 9781426333309 (e-book + audio)
| ISBN 9781426333279 (pbk.)
| ISBN 9781426333286 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: AnimalsHabitationsJuvenile
literature.

Classification: LCC QL756 (ebook) | LCC QL756 .R66 2019
(print) | DDC 591.56/4dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018031443

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge the
expert content review of this book by Jason Matthews,
master naturalist and environmental educator, Montana
Natural History Center, and the literacy review of this
book by Mariam Jean Dreher, professor of reading
education, University of Maryland, College Park.

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6 Cool Facts About
Animal Architects

Do you know the story of the three little
pigs? Each little pig built a house. One was
made out of straw, another out of sticks,
and the third out of bricks.

Beavers are well- known animal
architects. They build dams out
of sticks and mud. Their homes,
called lodges, are inside the dams.

Pigs dont really build houses, but many
animals do build their own homes. Animals
build other things, too. They are gifted
architects (ARK- ih- tekts). And sometimes,
the results are amazing.

ARCHITECT: The designer or
creator of something, usually a
structure like a building or a bridge

Youve probably seen a birds nest.
But have you seen a nest as big as a
haystack? You could in South Africa.

Up to birds can live in a
sociable weavers nest. Other
types of birds often move in