All animals need food to stay alive – just like you! What types of foods do you eat? Let's explore the animal kingdom and discover what other animals like to eat! Ready for Science: Animals Need Food, a 16-page book for readers in prekindergarten to grade 2, helps emerging readers develop proficient literacy skills while learning about animals and what they eat to stay alive.

The Ready for Science series of leveled readers support the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) while fostering understanding of basic science concepts for early readers. Each book promotes beginning reading skills, teaches science vocabulary, and fosters curiosity about the world around us. Also included is a photo glossary and reading comprehension activity that helps readers apply what they learned.