Slinky, Scaly, Slithery Snakes - Softcover

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802776523 ISBN 13: 9780802776525

Publisher: Walker Childrens, 2003

Synopsis

Did you know that there are more than 2,500 different kinds of snakes slithering throughout the world? Although they have many characteristics in common, they can range in patterns and sizes from the two-inch-long thread snake, as skinny as a strand of spaghetti, to the thirty-two-foot reticulated python that is big enough to eat a pig or a small child! Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and Kendahl Jan Jubb combine their talents and knowledge in this scientifically accurate and beautifully illustrated book snake lovers won't be able to resist.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Slinky Scaly Slithery Snakes
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Illustrations by Kendahl Jan Jubb

* CBC-NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children, 2001
* Missouri Reading Circle, 2001
* Kansas State Reading Circle, Masterlist, 2001-2002
* Michigan Reading Association Reader's Choice, Masterlist, 2002

Did you know that there are more than 2,500 different kinds of snakes slithering throughout the world? Although they have many characteristics in common, they can range in patterns and sizes from the two-inch-long thread snake, as skinny as a strand of spaghetti, to the thirty-two-foot reticulated python that is big enough to eat a pig or a small child! Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and Kendahl Jan Jubb combine their talents and knowledge in this scientifically accurate and beautifully illustrated book snake lovers won't be able to resist.

"The sinuous bodies of snakes are highlighted in vivid paintings that dominate every page of this introductory title .... The book is clearly written and well organized .... The paintings are realistically rendered .... Young herpetologists should find [it] very satisfying."-- School Library Journal

"Striking graphics and a spare, readable text will have young readers snatching up this snake book by this prolific and talented science writer. Without any wasted words, she describes how ... snakes hunt, hide, eat, reproduce, and move."-- Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent was born in Rochester, MN, where her father was a physician at the Mayo Clinic. They moved up to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was nine years old, where she grew up in Marin County.

From the time she was very young, she loved animals and nature. She received a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences form Stanford University (1962) and a M.A. (1965) and Ph.D. (1968) in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. While in graduate school, Dorothy married fellow student Greg Patent. For the first few years after graduate school she worked as a scientist-two years of post-doctoral work (Sinai Hospital, Detroit, MI and Stazzione Zoologica, Naples, Italy) and later several years teaching part-time night school at the University of Montana and full-time on the faculty for six months. Meanwhile, she began writing for children and has had more than 100 books published by over a dozen publishers.

Dorothy now makes her home in Missoula, Montana. Her house sits on a half acre of land on the flanks of the Blue Mountain-a perfect place for a person who loves nature. There with her husband Greg, they have raised their two sons, David and Jason.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0802776523
• ISBN 13: 9780802776525
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Jubb Kendahl Jan