Catching Air

Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals

Sneed B. Collard, III

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English

Tilbury House,U.S.
10 May 2021

Education

Series: How Nature Works

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?

By: Sneed B. Collard III
Imprint: Tilbury House,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 0
Dimensions: Height: 257mm, Width: 206mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780884488835
ISBN 10: 0884488837
Series: How Nature Works
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 10 May 2021
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals

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 An intriguing look at animal adaptation. -- Publishers Weekly