Author: Dia L. Michels
Illustrations: Andrew Barthelmes
Ages: 8-12, Grades 3-6
Format: Paper-over-boards binding,
7" x 10", 64 pages,
5 color illustrations,
60 black & white illustrations,
July 2005,
Glossary, Resource List,
Index, Activity Guide
Item #: ISBN 1-930775-35-0,
978-1-930775-35-0
Hardback Edition Price: $16.95
Item #: ISBN 1-930775-19-9,
978-1-930775-19-0
Paperback Edition Price: $9.95
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- Animal Babies and Their Mothers By Dia L. Michels
Illustrated in full-color and black & white by Andrew Barthelmes
- Mother and babies. Babies and mothers. The animal kingdom offers a special fascination for children because so many of the cozy rituals they share at home are echoed in nature. In this beguiling approach to biology, middle graders can learn how animals eat, sleep and learn from birth to maturity. Fourteen different species including the Least Shrew, the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat and the Hooded Seal are presented in detailed illustrations and a scrupulously researched text. The writing is accessible to eight-year-olds, but the interest holds for older children as well.
 Andrew Barthelmes, illustrator of If My Mom Were a Platypus, and designer of I Was Born to Be a Brother and many other projects, is a New York based illustrator and graphic designer. A graduate of The School of Visual Arts, his illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Ladies' Home Journal, Street & Smith's Sports, and The Wall Street Journal. In addition to the Platypus book, he also illustrated Herman the Loudmouth. He has been a children's book designer for Random House, Inc. and is currently creating new children's books for Reader's Digest. He lives in Peekskill, NY with his wife Barbara, and new baby, Julia.
 Dia L. Michels is an award-winning writer of books for adults and children. A popular lecturer, she makes her home in Washington, DC, with her husband and their three children.
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