Fall 2025

Watch Them Grow

The Fascinating Science of Animal Beginnings

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

Sure, baby animals are cute. But have you ever seen what they look like before they’re born?

Have you ever wondered how animals develop the traits they need to survive? Or how they grow from a single cell at conception to complex, unique creatures? The answer is complicated—there are so many ways to grow!

Author Carrie A. Pearson introduces readers to a variety of animals and shows how they develop some of their defining features. See how bats form wings so they can take flight. And how mice make whiskers to sense their surroundings. Watch Them Grow explores genetics, gestation, and early development through twelve different animal examples. Discover animal beginnings and watch them grow everything they need to survive.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, Animals
Copyright 2026
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 64
Publication Date 2025-09-09
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF051050, JNF051030, JNF024090
Dewey 612.6/4
Dimensions 8 x 10
Guided Reading Level TBD
Features Author/Illustrator note, Bibliography/further reading, Charts/Graphs/Diagrams, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Sidebars, Source notes, and Table of contents

Author: Carrie A. Pearson

Carrie A. Pearson is an author and speaker from Marquette, Michigan. She lives with her husband on the sandy shore of Lake Superior and blows daily kisses to her three daughters, who live on their own now. As a child, Carrie read voraciously. As an early childhood educator, Carrie experienced how books delighted, healed, and enlightened young people. As a mother, she used story to strengthen family bonds. Today, Carrie writes books that expand our world and bring us closer to it.