Sy Montgomery

eBook, ePUB

The Tarantula Scientist (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year: A "fascinating" photo-filled book on these amazing arachnids! (Booklist) Yellow blood? Skeletons on the outside? These attributes don't belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth's biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. In this book you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rain forest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You'll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America-where close to five hundred live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them. "Superb color photos abound in this spectacular series addition…This is a vivid look at an enthusiastic scientist energetically and happily at work…A treat, even for arachnophobes."-School Library Journal (starred review) A Sibert Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A John Burroughs Nature Book for Young Readers A Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 138.36MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Sy Montgomery is an author,naturalist, newspaper columnist,scriptwriter, and radio commentator who writes award-winning books for children as well as adults. She lives in Hancock, New Hampshire.Visit her website at symontgomery.com.SyMontgomery and photographer Nic Bishop won theSibert Medal in 2011for their collaborative work on Kakapo Rescue:Saving the World's Strangest Parrot,another Scientist in the Field title.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547530055
• Artikelnr.: 37837145