By Sally M. Walker
During this Early chicken name, readers find out about the actual features, habitat, and behaviour of the opossum.
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37 Animal predators are not the only danger for opossums. People can harm opossums too. Opossums often live near people. They live in wooded areas by people’s homes. Opossums sometimes come into people’s yards to look for food. This opossum is looking for food near a bird feeder. 38 Opossums are safest when they stay away from roads. Sometimes opossums walk on roads where people drive. People in cars may not see the opossums. The animals can be hit by the cars. 39 Maybe an opossum lives near you!
Riley, Joelle. Koalas. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2006. Read all about the koala, a marsupial that makes its home in Australia. shtml Visit this site to find useful printouts on the Virginia opossum, kangaroo, koala, and other marsupials. htm Read more about the Virginia opossum at this site. 45 GLOSSARY carrion (KEHR-ee-uhn): dead animals. Opossums eat carrion. dens: the homes in which mother opossums have their babies habitats (HAB-uh-tats): the places where an animal lives litter: a group of babies born at the same time to one mother marsupials (mahr-SOO-pee-uhls): a group of animals that includes kangaroos, koalas, and opossums.
These baby opossums are riding on their mother’s back. 42 Have you ever seen an opossum? 43 A NOTE TO ADULTS ON SHARING A BOOK When you share a book with a child, you show that reading is important. To get the most out of the experience, read in a comfortable, quiet place. Turn off the television and limit other distractions, such as telephone calls. Be prepared to start slowly. Take turns reading parts of this book. Stop occasionally and discuss what you’re reading. Talk about the photographs.