Burgess Book of Animals Notebooking and Printables

Your elementary and middle school students can use these North American Mammals notebooking pages while reading through the Burgess Book of Animals and learning about the many varied mammals native to North America.

You and your students will learn all about 114 different species of mammals that are native to the North American continent when you let your students use these three differentiated levels of the Burgess Books of North American Animals Notebooking pages as a part of their science and biology study while they write, draw, and color what they’ve learned about these native mammals.

These notebooking pages and worksheets are generally for students working at the 2nd to 10th grade levels.

Online resources, videos, and book recommendations are below to help you and your students learn more about the mammals native to North America.

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Resources for Learning about North American Mammals

Library List

Select 2 or 3 of these books at the appropriate reading level for your student. In order of difficulty:

*The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess also available for free on Internet Archive.

A Kid’s Guide to 50 Backyard Animals: An Introduction to North American Animals by Sterling Sawyer

The Little Book of North American Mammals: A Guide to North America’s Mammals, from Bears to Bison by Robert Miles

Peterson Field Guide To Mammals Of North America by Fiona Reid or the condensed version: Peterson First Guide To Mammals Of North America by Peter Alden

*required resource

Online Resources for Learning about the Mammals in the Book of Animals

List of North American Mammals with a short description and photo of each.

Facts about the most common mammals native to North America, including conservation status, scientific name, and more.

Nat Geo Kids: Mammals

Characteristics of Mammals video from Science With Kids.

Fun Extras

Small Animals of North America Coloring Book by Elizabeth Anne McClelland

North American Wildlife TOOB – 12 Hand-Painted Mini Figurines

Burgess Books of Animals Notebooking Printables and Worksheets

Notebooking Pages: These notebooking pages come in 3 levels to fit all of your student’s needs. There’s a large elementary-lined one, a smaller elementary-lined one, and a regular-lined one. There are over 340 printable pages in total.

Each animal of the Burgess Books of North American Animals Notebooking printables comes with a photo, lines to write about the animal, and a blank area to draw something about the animal, or where it lives on the continent.

Worksheets: There are 2 levels of the North American Animals worksheets that your students can use to identify the animal’s scientific name, diet, habitat, range, and more.

Flashcards: There is a full-color photo of each of the 114 animals listed in the book, with space to write out their scientific classification.

Topics Covered with these Burgess Book of North American Animals Notebooking Pages

This set of notebooking pages covers 114 mammals native to North America. It does not cover birds, reptiles, or insects. There are over 340 notebooking printables, plus 2 blank North American Mammal worksheets ( in two levels), as well an an animal fact flashcard for each of the 114 mammals.

Many of the animals are listed below.

• Rabbits, Jackrabbits, and Hares
• Squirrels
• Chipmunks
• Groundhogs and Marmots
• Prairie Dogs
• Beavers and Gophers
• Muskrat
• Porcupine
• Muskrats
• Rats, Voles, and Mice
• Lemmings and Shrews
• Moles
• Bats
• Skunks
• Badgers
• Wolverines
• Weasels
• Ferrets
• Mink
• Otter
• Marten
• Fisher
• Fox
• Coyote
• Wolves
• Bobcats
• Lynx
• Mountain Lions
• Ocelot
• Jaguar
• Ocelot
• Jaguarundi
• Racoons
• Bears
• Opossum
• Deer
• Elk
• Moose
• Caribou
• American Bison
• Muskox
• Pronghorn (Antelope)
• Bighorn Sheep
• Mountain Goat
• Collared Peccary
• Armadillo
• Sea Otter
• Walrus
• Sea Lions
• Seals
• Manatee

Get a free sampler of these notebooking pages to see if they are a good fit for your students, or grab the whole bundle in the HHO Shop below. The Sampler is 26 pages and includes one of the North American Mammals worksheets, one page of the Mammals Flashcards, and 24 notebooking pages in 3 levels.

Or grab the full set with 484 printable pages below the purple box.

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