From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6. The aerial feats of birds, bats, and insects are explored through a precise text and stunning, high-speed photos.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Booklist
Gr. 3^-6. This attractive book explores flight in the animal kingdom. After considering the reasons why animals fly, Bishop discusses the more difficult topic of how they do it. A simple demonstration of aerodynamics gives way to an explanation of what happens when a bird flaps its wings. Other topics include taking off and landing, soaring and gliding, and the different types of wings and modes of flight in bats, insects, and butterflies. The many colorful photographs (bolstered by a few diagrams) expand the text with precision and beauty. None is better than the three series of shots isolating the individual motion stages of a chickadee, a wasp, and a butterfly in flight. A good choice for curious browsers as well as information seekers. Carolyn Phelan
