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Nic Bishop: Butterflies and Moths (Hardcover)

By Nic Bishop
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780439877572
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Published: Scholastic Nonfiction, 3/2009
Butterflies And Moths and Marsupials (Scholastic, each $17.99) add to the young readers’ science collection by wildlife photographer/writer Nic Bishop. In both volumes, the quality of Bishop’s text equals his fabulous photographs.  Did you know that a koala’s pouch faces backward, or that many moths do not eat, but rely on stored food from their caterpillar stage?  Both books end with Bishop’s explaining how he captured his great photos. Ages 6-10.  Dara  La Porte

Nic Bishop: Marsupials (Hardcover)

By Nic Bishop
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780439877589
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scholastic Nonfiction, 9/2009
Butterflies And Moths and Marsupials (Scholastic, each $17.99) add to the young readers’ science collection by wildlife photographer/writer Nic Bishop. In both volumes, the quality of Bishop’s text equals his fabulous photographs. Did you know that a koala’s pouch faces backward, or that many moths do not eat, but rely on stored food from their caterpillar stage? Both books end with Bishop’s explaining how he captured his great photos. Ages 6-10. Dara La Porte

How to Scratch a Wombat: Where to Find It . . . What to Feed It . . . Why It Sleeps All Day (Hardcover)

By Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780618868643
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Published: Clarion Books, 2/2009
Jackie French distilled thirty years of good-humored observations about the science and the wonder of wombats in How To Scratch A Wombat (Clarion, $16). She is convinced of the wombat’s superiority over humans: for example, which species can scratch its ear with a foot or produce 100 droppings in a night to mark territory? Bruce Whatley’s illustrations are delightful and informative. Don’t miss the one on page 37 showing a wombat’s three favorite scratching positions. Ages 8-12. Dara La Porte

The Frog Scientist (Hardcover)

By Andy Comins, Pamela S. Turner
$18.00
ISBN-13: 9780618717163
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 7/2009
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When Tyrone Hayes was growing up, he loved catching frogs in the swamp near his home in Columbia, South Carolina. Today, he is The Frog Scientist (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18), studying how pesticides in the environment affect frog growth. Author Pamela Turner and photographer Andy Comins present a fascinating glimpse into the personal and professional life of Hayes as part of the Scientists in the Field series. Ages 10-15. Heidi Powell