The bat scientists / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.
Describes how scientists are learning more about bats, how they fly, communicate, and hunt, and what dangers they are facing and explains how researchers are trying to stop the spread of a disease that is killing bats in North America.
Record details
- ISBN: 0547199562
- ISBN: 9780547199566
- Physical Description: 79 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
- Publisher: Boston, [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Bat basics -- Bat benefits -- Working in the dark -- Bat predators -- Changing minds, rescuing bats -- Batty myths -- Going underground -- How a cave traps cold air -- Gating Laurel Cave -- Building bat homes -- Celebrity bridge bats -- Mines for bats -- Discovering bats' secrets -- Ensuring survival -- Killer wind.
- Target Audience Note:
- 010-up.1010L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 2 139122.Lexile 1010L
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| Marion Library | JUV 599.4 CAR (Text) | 37810434842596 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Camden County Library | J 599.4 CAR (Text) | 39488900020696 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | J599.4 Carson (Text) | 33115006873696 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hyde County Public Library | J 599.4 (Text) | 38344101351458 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | J599.4C (Text) | 33262003044572 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Mitchell County Public Library | JNFIC 599.4 CAR (Text) | 32222002493676 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
