| Amazing Animal Colonies Contributor(s): Kenney, Karen (Author), Latta, Sara Lynn (Author), Stefoff, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 1543559867 ISBN-13: 9781543559866 Publisher: Capstone Press OUR PRICE: $28.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Biology |
| Series: Amazing Animal Colonies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.6" W x 8.7" (1.15 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Can you imagine living in the same place with thousands of others? How would you keep order and divide up work? Watch animals that live in colonies for some tips These animals know how to work together and get the job done. Find out what is really going on inside the homes of social insects, including bees, wasps, ants, and termites. Discover how corals form amazing reefs that span thousands of miles. The surprising facts of these amazing animals are just waiting to be told |
Contributor Bio(s): Kenney, Karen: - Author and editor Karen Latchana Kenney has written many books for children and young adults. She's interested in all kinds of science subjects, from car science to the life cycle of spiders. Kenney lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband and young son.Stefoff, Rebecca: - Rebecca Stefoff has published many books for young readers about science, technology, and engineering. For Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark's Great Inventions series (2006-2003), she wrote six titles, including The Telephone, Microscopes and Telescopes, and Robots. She introduced fifth-grade readers to the scientific method in the six-volume series Is It Science? (Cavendish Square, 2014), which includes, Astrology and Astronomy, Alchemy and Chemistry, and Magic and Medicine. Her six volume series Great Engineering, for second- and third-grade readers, is forthcoming from Cavendish Square and has books on building bridges, dams, skyscrapers, and more. Stefoffis especially happy to be writing about the building of the Panama Canal for the Engineering Wonders series because she has seen the canal firsthand. While celebrating her parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary on a cruise ship, she passed through the canal and witnessed the extraordinary engineering marvels that are its locks. She has been interested in the Panama Canal (and other canals) ever since. |