Shark Quest - Protecting the Ocean's Top Predators

"Readers will learn all about sharks and the human relationship with sharks, including how researchers study sharks at sea and how students can get involved in learning more about sharks and helping to protect these incredible creatures"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Karen Romano Young has dived to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in a tiny submarine, crunched through Arctic ice in an icebreaker, and visited labs, museum workshops, and research institutions across the U.S. to write and draw about science. She was a lead science communications fellow aboard Dr. Robert Ballard's research ship E/V Nautilus.

Karen has written and/or illustrated more than 30 books for children and is the creator of Humanimal Doodles, a science comic. Her nonfiction books include Try This! and Try This Extreme! (National Geographic). Her fiction work includes The Beetle and Me: A Love Story; the graphic novel Doodlebug: a Novel in Doodles; and Hundred Percent. Her next book for Twenty-First Century Books is Whale Quest.

Karen lives with her family in the woods of Bethel, Connecticut. Her next adventure is a stint at Palmer Station, Antarctica, as the recipient of the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists and Writers Grant. She has not yet traveled to space.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Karen Romano Young
• Verlag: Lerner Publishing Group
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 13 bis 14 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781512498059
• ISBN: 978-1-5124-9805-9
• Seiten: 128
• Abmessung: 178 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Gewicht: 499 g
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher > Tiere, Pflanzen, Natur, Umwelt; Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Fiction, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Animals / Animal Welfare, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Animals / Marine Life