The Nature Kid's Guide to Donkeys

Hee-haw! A sound echoes across a field loud enough to carry three miles. It's a donkey, and it still remembers every friend it has ever made.

If your child thinks donkeys are just stubborn farm animals, this book is about to change everything. Donkeys can smell water from miles away, see all four of their own hooves at the same time without moving their head, and remember another donkey they haven't seen in 25 years. Fewer than 600 African wild donkeys remain on Earth, making them one of the most endangered animals alive. Cleopatra bathed in donkey milk. When a male donkey and a female horse have a baby together, the result is a mule. Every page delivers something your child will want to run and share.

"The Nature Kid's Guide to Donkeys" is written for curious kids ages 7-12 who want to know the real story behind one of the world's oldest and most underestimated animals. How has the donkey been putting people to work for over 5,000 years, longer than the horse? Why do farmers keep donkeys in pastures with sheep and cows even when they don't need them for work? How can an animal that sleeps only three hours a night carry heavy loads up steep mountain trails all day without tiring? Your child will find out, and they will never look at a donkey the same way again.

Short sentences and surprising facts build reading confidence while keeping even older kids hooked from first page to last. Chapters cover everything from wild African desert survivors to miniature donkeys barely two feet tall, and all the remarkable things in between.

A book for every kid who has ever called someone a donkey as an insult and had absolutely no idea how wrong they were.

Donkeys have carried food, medicine, and supplies for people across every continent for thousands of years. There are over 40 million of them in the world right now. That is the kind of wonder that sticks.

Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child is next!