Animals
2016; University of California Press; Volume: 78; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/abt.2016.78.4.354
ISSN1938-4211
Autores ResumoBook Review| April 01 2016 Animals Bison. By Desmond Morris. 2015. Reaktion Books. (ISBN 9781780234243). 198 pp. Paperback. $19.95.Swallow. By Angela Turner. 2015. Reaktion Books. (ISBN 9781780234915). 208 pp. Paperback. $19.95.Skunk. By Alyce Miller. 2015. Reaktion Books. (ISBN 9781780234908). 199 pp. Paperback. $19.95. Cate Hibbit Cate Hibbit The Lincoln School Providence, RI 02906 chibbitt@lincolnschool.org Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2016) 78 (4): 354–355. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.4.354 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Cate Hibbit; Animals. The American Biology Teacher 1 April 2016; 78 (4): 354–355. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.4.354 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Bison, Swallow, and Skunk are three of the latest additions to Reakton Books’ “Animal” series, which stretches from A to (approximately) Z. From Albatross, Ant, and Ape to Walrus, Whale, and Wolf – and many in between – this series offers appealing overviews of 75 individual vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Each book presents a holistic view of its subject animal, including history, natural history, art, economics, and mythology. Short, well-illustrated, and appealing, the books in this series allow readers to understand each animal from a far broader perspective than biology. Thus, in Skunk, for example, we learn about such diverse topics as skunk natural history (“true to their independent natures, skunks are polygamous and do not form enduring romantic relationships), skunks in history (such as the dozens of “fully-equipped specimens” kept by “The Skunk Woman,” Chrissy Hand), skunks in Native American lore, and... You do not currently have access to this content.
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