Nic Bishop
1) Marsupials
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Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Such animals as quolls and pademelons live on the continent of Australia, along with kangaroos, koalas, and many other marsupials. Bishop introduces the beauty and diversity of these amazing animals.
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Series
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This title in the Scientists in the Field series introduces young readers to one of the weirdest and most fascinating animals on the planet and recounts the extraordinary work of the dedicated scientists trying to save them. Full color.
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Series
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71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ernest Hemingway once claimed the hyena is a "sad yowler, camp-follower, stinking, foul, with jaws that crack the bones the lion leaves, belly dragging loping away on the brown plain..." Many years later, in the movie The Lion King, Whoopi Goldberg famously voiced the skulking, sulking, hysterically giggling hyena that further cemented the general distaste toward these seemingly cowardly scavengers. But don't let hyenas' bad reputation fool you. As...