Lizards Weird and Wonderful [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Margery Facklam (Author), Alan Male (Author)

Book Description

o you know the difference between a salamander and a lizard? Did you know that the largest lizards live in a habitat especially created for them by humans? In this highly informative book, Margery Facklam's enthusiastic and accurate writing blends with Alan Male's precise illustrations to describe 13 of these amazing creatures. Facklam and Male deliver an in-depth look into the fascinating world of lizards, from their quirky eating habits to the defense of their territory. Whether Lizards: Weird and Wonderful engenders a single book report or a lifelong interest, it is a book that captures the essence of a group of intriguing creatures.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-This baker's dozen of remarkable reptiles ranges from the color-changing chameleon to the flower-eating chuckwalla to the legless glass snake. Facklam discusses the suborder Sauria and the distinguishing characteristics of its members. She then goes on to present fascinating examples of lizard species, many of them native to the United States (unfortunately, there are no maps). She provides the standard facts but catches readers' full attention with such intriguing details as Komodo dragon attacks on tourists, the horned lizard's habit of spouting blood from its eyes as a defense mechanism, and the basilisk's ability to skitter along the surface of water. Accompanying each chapter spread is a dynamic, colorful illustration of the spotlighted animal in its own habitat, engaging in such activities as swallowing a rodent (Gila monster), attacking a yellow-jacket nest (five-lined skink), and gliding through the air (flying dragon). A chart provides criteria to differentiate among snakes, lizards, and salamanders. Simpler than Claudia Schnieper's competent Lizards (1990) or D. M. Souza's colorful Catch Me If You Can (1992, both Carolrhoda), and more specific than Joanne Mattern's informative Lizards (Benchmark, 2001), this eye-catching, interesting work deserves a space on most shelves.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. Each book in the Around the World series looks at what was happening across nations during a particular era. History is usually taught as a linear progression within one civilization, but this broadened approach makes connections around the globe. Each book divides its subject geographically into four parts--Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas--and then spotlights two, three, or four civilizations. For example, 800 presents chapters on the Vikings; the Abbasid Empire, centered in Baghdad; the Golden Empire of Ghana; and the Maya. Too short to do justice to entire civilizations, the chapters often focus on more tightly defined aspects of the subjects. Some of chapters in 1500, for instance, look at the art of Florence and the conquest of the Aztec by Cortez. This well-designed series features many color reproductions of paintings, prints, and sculptures as well as photographs of sites and artifacts. Though each book moves quickly from place to place in an around-the-world tour, together the chapters create a stimulating series of impressions representing a variety of cultures. These may fill in some of the blanks between more traditional, curriculum-targeted history books. Each book ends with a chronology of world events, a glossary, a list of books and articles for further reading, and an annotated list of Web sites. Diane Foote
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• ISBN-10: 0316173460
• ASIN: B000F3T2U6
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,419,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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