Nic Bishop, Author Scholastic Press $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-17480-0
Forest Explorer: A Life-Size Field Guide by Nic Bishop uses actual-size photographs of forest-dwelling insects, mammals, reptiles and more to teach aspiring scientists about this accessible habitat. The forest's realm unfolds through the year ...
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Nic Bishop. Scholastic Nonfiction, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-545-20638-9
Calling snakes “strange, secretive, and surprising,” Bishop offers an excellent photographic guide to these reptiles in all their diversity. Striking magnified images depict a variety of snake species in the wild and in captivity, including a...
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Sy Montgomery, photos by Nic Bishop. Houghton Mifflin, $18.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-547-81548-0
According to Montgomery, the tapir “looks like a cross between a hippo, an elephant, and something prehistoric,” and indeed the animal has survived for more than 12 million years. In this addition to the Scientists in the Field series, Montgomery...
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Nic Bishop. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-20636-5
Wildlife photographer Bishop (Chasing Cheetahs) builds a story around a colony of rockhopper penguins in Antarctica, focusing on a chick and its parents (the photographs actually feature several penguin families, an endnote explains). Life is...
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Sy Montgomery, photos by Nic Bishop. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-544-63511-1
The hyena has a less-than-stellar reputation—something that Montgomery aims to remedy in the newest addition to the Scientists in the Field series. Readers join zoologist Kay Holekamp as she tracks and studies spotted hyenas in Kenya along with a...
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