A fascinating story of baby animals, told by a teacher of science for children just beginning to feel some measure of independence from adult care. It is the story of many baby animals from goslings to elephants that must be cared for while they are young. There is a bat bat clinging to its mother's fur while she sails through the air and then, when it is big enough, left hanging upside down on a limb while she goes to hunt for food. There are baby opossums staying snug in their mother's pouch for ten weeks before they climb out to ride on her back. There is the wonder of the baby turtles, alligators, trout that take care of themselves from the first and may never see their parents. - Laboratory School, University of Chicago
