Animals in Flight |
Publication Information
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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:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction, reference
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HSE Descriptor(s):
science
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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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