Book Detail

Animal Architecture

Publication Information
Author:  Dewey, Jennifer Owings Illustrator:  Dewey, Jennifer Owings
Title:  Animal Architecture Date:  1991
Publisher:  Orchard Books City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-531-05930-8 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    science

Summary:
The author describes the shelters created by a wide variety of creatures from spiders to bats, from honeybees to beavers. The text is simple but some students may need help with technical vocabulary for which there is no glossary.

Teaching Ideas:
Sections on the specific creatures could be excerpted. The book could be used with Kitchen's book, And So They Build and Arnofsky's Nearer Nature. www.nationalgeographic.com/rwa

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior > shelters
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animals


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