- Hardcover: 80 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; First Edition, None edition (Aug 9 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0547199562
- ISBN-13: 978-0547199566
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 28.6 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
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- #52 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > Rocks & Minerals
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Dr. Merlin Tuttle and his colleagues at Bat Conservation International aren't scared of bats. These bat crusaders are fascinated by them, with good reason. Bats fly the night skies in nearly every part of the world, but they are the least studied of all mammals. As the major predator of night-flying insects, bats eat many pests. Unfortunately bats are facing many problems, including a terrifying new disease. White-nose Syndrome is infecting and killing millions of hibernating bats in North America. But Dr. Tuttle, with the help of his fellow bat scientists are in the trenches--and caves--on the front line of the fight to save their beloved bats.
About the Author
Mary Kay Carson and Tom Uhlman met while working on a magazine article about breeding captive rhinos in 2001. Now they are married and live with their dog Ruby in a century-old house surrounded by deer, hawks, woodchucks, songbirds, and other creatures in Cincinnati, Ohio. www.marykaycarson.com amd www.tomuphoto.com.
Mary Kay Carson and Tom Uhlman met while working on a magazine article about breeding captive rhinos in 2001. Now they are married and live with their dog Ruby in a century-old house surrounded by deer, hawks, woodchucks, songbirds, and other creatures in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mary Kay Carson and Tom Uhlman met while working on a magazine article about breeding captive rhinos in 2001. Now they are married and live with their dog Ruby in a century-old house surrounded by deer, hawks, woodchucks, songbirds, and other creatures in Cincinnati, Ohio.
www.marykaycarson.com amd www.tomuphoto.com.
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A fine pick for any elementary-level science collection!, Dec 18 2010
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bat Scientists (Hardcover)
Tom Uhlman's color photos lend well to THE BAT SCIENTISTS, a fine survey of the work of famed bat scientist Dr. Merlin Tuttle and his colleagues at bat Conservation International. The author and her colleague follow the bat scientists into the caves - and reveal the fight to save bats around the world in this fine pick for any elementary-level science collection!
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Vivid and amazing book!, Mar 8 2011
By B. Miller - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bat Scientists (Hardcover)
Did you know bats are the only mammals that fly? In this beautiful and informative book (with amazing images, many of them close up) Carson offers fascinating "bat basics" before leading readers inside caves and under bridges with scientists from Bat Conservation International. Carson recounts the dangers to these often misunderstood and beneficial animals, including damage to bat environments and the plague white-nose syndrome. She also highlights the urgent need and efforts to protect bats. Carson's energetic, clear writing and Tom Uhlman's incredible photos make for a great addition to the acclaimed Scientists in the Field series.
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Let's face it, bats are cool, May 25 2011
By Tom Knapp "Rambles.NET editor" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bat Scientists (Hardcover)
The photographs are startling in their beauty.I mean, let's face it, bats aren't known as being especially handsome creatures. But photographer Tom Uhlman, with a combination of in-your-face close-ups and impressive vistas, has rendered bats majestic, personable, even cute.
That's talent.
But the heart of The Bat Scientists is Mary Kay Carson's informative, easy-to-understand text. Her subject here is twofold: she imparts a vast amount of knowledge about bats and, as the title suggests, an equal amount of detail on the people who study them, strive to protect them and do their best to explode the myths that lead people to fear, hate and kill them.
by Tom Knapp, the Rambles.(net) guy
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