Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors - Hardcover

Sidman, Joyce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618717196 ISBN 13: 9780618717194

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2010

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·Joyce Sidman lives in Minnesota, where she battles dandelions with great respect for their survival techniques. joycesidman.com

Beckie Prange lives in Ely, Minnesota, where she spends as much time as possible in the woods looking at lichens, crows, and other hardy northern species. Her first book received a Caldecott Honor. beckieprange.com
Author: Joyce Sidman
Illustrator: Beckie Prange
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Published Date:04/05/2010
Format:Hardcover
ISBN:0618717196
#of pages:#N/A

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From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems...

Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wi-tuhs): Something that is (or seems to be) everywhere at the same time.

Why is the beetle, born 265 million years ago, still with us today? (Because its wings mutated and hardened). How did the gecko survive 160 million years? (by becoming nocturnal and developing sticky toe pads.) How did the shark and the crow and the tiny ant survive millions and millions of years? When 99 percent of all life forms on earth have become extinct, why do some survive? And survive not just in one place, but in many places: in deserts, in ice, in lakes and puddles, inside houses and forest and farmland? Just how do they become ubiquitous?

Amazon Exclusive: The Process of Beckie Prange, Illustrator of Ubiquitous
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To create the intricate timeline found on the endpapers, Prange measured and laid out yarn	This is the print she made from the yarn	The print was then painted to create the final image

From the Author:

"My sister is a biologist who works with insects.  One day, on an impromptu nature walk, she snagged a beetle, held it in her hand, and remarked about how successful beetles are--how many species there are in the world.  She went on to explain that they had mutated from flies; their forewings had become hardened and armored, allowing them to survive better than flies under extreme conditions.  This discussion started me thinking about what allows one group of organisms to stick it out here on earth, while others become extinct.  Boy, was it ever interesting to find out!  I did more research for this book than any other; but I learned more, too--I basically ended up studying evolutionary history."

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0618717196
• ISBN 13: 9780618717194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Prange Beckie