Includes index.

Bodies with bones -- What is a skeleton? -- More about bodies -- Fish backbones -- Skeletons that bend -- Leap frog! -- Reptile bodies -- Reptiles with shells -- Birds have wings -- Birds that do not fly -- What are mammals? -- Legs bend -- Mammals in oceans -- You are a vertebrate -- Match these! -- Glossary and index.

This book is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years. Animals with backbones are called vertebrates. This amazing book allows students to peek inside an animal and understand its body structure from the inside out. Detailed illustrations of each animal's skeleton help show how different kinds of vertebrates move.