Feathers: Not Just for Flying - Softcover

Stewart, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580894313 ISBN 13: 9781580894319

Verlag: Charlesbridge, 2014

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Young naturalists explore sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many, remarkable uses of feathers. A concise main text highlights how feathers are not just for flying. More curious readers are invited to dig deeper with informative sidebars that underscore how feathers of all shapes and sizes help birds with warming or cooling, protect them from the sun, help them swim, glide or even dig. With a range of common and exotic species readers will be engaged by both the new and the familiar. Beautiful and delicate watercolor illustrations showcase life-size feathers and compare them to everyday objects. With a scrapbook design, Feathers is part science journal, part read-along nonfiction, making it a wonderful resource for nature studies and a delight for the youngest bird lovers.

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Melissa Stewart is the award-winning author of more than one hundred fifty science books for children. She holds degrees in biology and science journalism. Recent books include No Monkeys, No Chocolate; Under the Snow Tree (Peachtree, 2009); and the A Place for series (Peachtree). She lives in Acton, Massachusetts.

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Birds and feathers go together, like trees and leaves, like stars and the sky. All birds have feathers, but no other animals do. Most birds have thousands of feathers, but those feathers aren't all the same. That's because feathers have so many different jobs to do.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Charlesbridge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1580894313
• ISBN 13: 9781580894319
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Brannen Sarah S.
• Anzahl der Seiten: 32
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