Amazing Animal Super-Sleuths (Fact Finders: Animal Scientists) - Softcover

9781474702232: Amazing Animal Super-Sleuths (Fact Finders: Animal Scientists)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474702236 ISBN 13: 9781474702232

Publisher: GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2016

Finding prey and detecting predators are life-or-death matters for animals. They use some technologically advanced systems including the senses we're familiar with-and others that are far more sensitive. The book explains how bats use echolocation to hunt on the wing, tells how sharks can smell tiny amounts of blood from hundreds of yards away, and how supersensitive hairs on a spider's body can pick up vibrations in the air.

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About the Author:

Leon Gray is a highly experienced children's book author who has written titles on many subjects, from science and geography to world issues. Before becoming an author, he worked in book publishing in London. Leon now lives in Scotland and is married with three children.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 4-6-The potentially confusing series title refers not to people who study animals but to creatures whose abilities parallel those of human experts. Through eight or nine two-page "case studies" per volume, the author examines the special abilities of a particular species or animal group. Each profile opens with a brief explanation of the creature's significant trait and then explores its physiology and behavior in more detail. Layouts suggest a scientist's notebook, with busy but not overly cluttered combinations of text, illustrations, and insets. One large photograph is typically accompanied by two or three smaller photos or illustrations, which sometimes provide useful details. Text boxes offer either extra facts, such as "Copycat" notes, which highlight human creations that resemble the animal's attribute (for instance, electronic inks that are similar to chameleon skin). VERDICT Plenty of information is packed into each book, with visuals that are effective, if not especially eye-catching.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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