Click Science and Discovery Magazine for Preschoolers and Young Children

All these animals are found only one place on Earth. ■

Islands are areas of land surrounded by water. Islands may be found in all bodies of water, from rivers and ponds to lakes and oceans. How do they get there? Continental islands are part of the same land that makes up a continent. They became island

Some ocean islands start out as bare, rocky places with no life. But they don’t stay that way. ■

We love tropical islands. We love their sandy beaches, tall palm trees, and especially the coral reefs found in the clear, warm ocean waters around them. We’re not the only ones who love coral reefs. Many animals and plants live on coral reefs. Even

Islands are always changing shape. Sometimes you can see the change happening. A volcano can erupt and shoot out streams of red hot lava. When the lava reaches the ocean, it cools and forms new land. The island grows. But most changes are hard to s

Strange things can happen to animals on an island. Isolated and cut off from many of the plants and animals they were used to, island animals often change their habits to suit their new surroundings. And over thousands of years, the animals change to

I watched for the island, but all I could see was bright blue water, flat and big as the sky. I stood on tiptoe to see over the railing of the ferry. I’d never been to my cousin’s island home and didn’t know what to look for. “Hannah, look! There’s O

Cut out the island and the coral reef animals. Punch holes through the black dots. Using different lengths of string and a small branch, create a mobile to hang in your room! ■