Catching Air
Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals
Published on 1. July 2019
Book
Hardback
48 pages
978-0-88448-496-7 (ISBN)
Description
North America's flying squirrels and Australia's sugar gliders notwithstanding, the vast majority of them live in rainforests. Illustrated with arresting photographs, Catching Air takes us around the world to meet these animals, learn why so many gliders live in Southeast Asia, and find out why this gravity-defying ability has evolved in Draco lizards, snakes, and frogs as well as mammals. Why do gliders stop short of flying, how did bats make that final leap, and how did Homo sapiens bypass evolution to glide via wingsuits and hang gliders-or is that evolution in another guise?
Reviews / Votes
"This informative book explores questions such as what adaptations in the animals' bodies enable them to glide, why gliders throughout the world are forest dwellers, and how gliding helps them to survive. A respected science writer, Collard offers a well-researched, well-focused, and beautifully illustrated presentation of a topic seldom covered in children's books." -- Carolyn Phelan - Booklist
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Illustrations
color photography
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88448-496-7 (9780884484967)
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Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/2017
Tilbury House Publishers
€8.99
Available for download
Person
Science writer Sneed B. Collard III (Missoula, MT; www.sneedbcollardiii.com) is the author of more than 80 children's books, including One Iguana, Two Iguanasand Catching Air. He has received the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for his body of work, and his books are featured regularly in the Junior Library Guild, NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book lists, and other best-of lists.