Presents a variety of information on snakes, including the physical characteristics and behavior of different kinds, and describes how to care for a snake as a pet.

Describes what copperheads look like, what they eat, where they can be found, how they defend themselves, the danger from their bites, and the outlook for their future.

Simple text and photographs present sea snakes and their habits.

Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

Jeff Corwin describes different types of snakes.

The Book of Snakes presents 600 species of snakes from around the world, covering nearly one in six of all snake species. It will bring greater understanding of a group of reptiles that have existed for more than 160 million years, and that now inhabit every continent except Antarctica, as well as two of the great oceans.