This book describes the world of reptiles.

Meet Earth's heaviest lizard! Introduce elementary kids to Komodo dragons and their venomous bites.As monitor lizards, Komodo dragons are large and in charge. They can only be found on a few islands in Indonesia where there are no other predators. Readers explore this large reptile's features and behaviors, including its diet and baby dragons. An end folk tale shares an Indonesian story about where Komodo dragons come from.A great nonfiction resource...

Through narrative nonfiction text, readers discover how Komodo dragons hunt, where they call home, and how they learn to survive just after hatching. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, stunning photographs, maps, a glossary, sources for further research, a selected bibliography, and an introduction to the author.|Author/Illustrator biography|Sources for further research|Detailed...