LibGuides: TOORAK LIBRARY: How the World Works: Habitats

Online Resources

Click on image to explore a variety of habitats.

Click on the image to find information from Britannica Online Encyclopedia on habitats.

Click on image to explore a variety of habitats.

Click on image to open this cool website that teaches about sustainability in the Arctic and Antarctica. There are lots of cool images to view also.

Who Eats What? by Patricia Lauber; Holly Keller (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064451305
Publication Date: 1994-12-14
Informative and intriguing, this science book teaches children to think about the complex and interdependent web of life on Earth. Every link in a food chain is important because each living thing depends on others for survival, no matter how big or how small.
This Is the Reef by Miriam Moss; Adrienne Kennaway (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781845075736
Publication Date: 2007-06-11
The Great Barrier Reef's environs and inhabitants — and the delicate relationship between the two — are depicted in this gorgeous exploration of an unusual ecosystem.
The Deep Blue Sea by Jakki Wood
Call Number: JNF591.77 WOO
ISBN: 1845075382
More than 60 remarkable ocean creatures swim, dive and glide through the pages of this sparkling sea journey. Tom's toy boat drifts on ocean currents from California through the Pacific, on into the Atlantic, all the way to Britain.
Look Closer at Life on Earth by Nicholas Harris
ISBN: 0864616007
This books allows you to zoom into the East African Rift Valley savannah grasslands, looking at animals, small animals, flowers and herbs and ants.
Antarctica by Roger Kirkwood
ISBN: 1921073365
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Antarctica is a special place full of unique wildlife-from penguins and gulls to larger animals like seals and whales. It is also an important and delicate ecology that needs to be looked after.