Sourcebooks. Baby on Board. How Animals Carry Their Young. You know that babies are carried by grown ups, but do you know how animal parents carry their babies? This book looks at a variety of different animals and displays how the mother and/or father carries their baby. Each page is filled with vibrant illustrations and rhyming text to describe how babies of different animals are cared for. The information brings many habitats of unusual animals to young readers, and establishes a connectedness among the world’s creatures. Backmatter with assessment and content connections to Reading, Language Arts, Math, and Engineering is included, making this a perfect book for schools and libraries.