Animals in Flight
Publication Information
Author:  Steve Jenkins & Robin Page	Illustrator:  Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin
Title:  Animals in Flight	Date:  2001
Publisher:  Houghton Miflin	City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0-618-12351-2	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, reference
HSE Descriptor(s):    science
Summary:
This is an excellent science picture book on flight of winged creatures with information about flying, wing structure, mobility, sizes, and shapes. The book layout allows easy reading with large print and facts isolated in different sections for clarity. Collage illustrations are crafted with colored paper creating a 3-d effect.
Teaching Ideas:
The scientific facts in this amazing book are varied and interesting making it a spring board to many topics-- geography, climate, evolution, enviroment and ecology. The backmatter has a pictorial glossary of the main page illustrations. The book could be used in a text set on birds.
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Art and Photography > art > collage Geography > locations Science > ecology Transportation > flight Science > biology > zoology > ornithology/birds > penguins

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