"Scaly snakes slither, bite, hide, and hiss! Meet copperheads, pit vipers, cobras, and more." -- Back cover. "Use your reading superpowers to learn all about slithering, scaly snakes. Children will love to find out about snakes - hissing, biting, rattling, spitting, squeezing, and even flying!"

Packed with fascinating facts and large, colorful photos, young readers are introduced to the natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of these colorful creatures.

A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.

Elephant and Piggie learn to play catch with their new friend Snake.

Ten mice outsmart a hungry snake.

"Amy is excited for her step-sister to visit, but when everyone, including the snake the Critter Club is watching, seems to love Chloe, Amy starts to wonder if they all like Chloe more than they like her."--

While her class is studying reptiles, Katie, a vegetarian, refuses to feed worms to Slinky the snake, class 4A's pet, but when the magic wind turns her into Slinky, Katie learns that some animals cannot survive on vegetables alone.

Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Their only hope: find an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon.