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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

GED 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.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Geography > locations
bullet Art and Photography > art > collage
bullet Science > ecology
bullet Transportation > flight
bullet Science > biology > zoology > ornithology/birds > penguins


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