Description: This powerful nonfiction picture book explores wildlife crossings around the world and how they are helping save thousands of animals every day. Around the world, bridges, tunnels, and highways are constantly being built to help people get from one place to another. But what happens when construction spreads over, under, across, and through animal habitats? Thankfully, groups of concerned citizens, scientists, engineers, and construction crews have come together to create wildlife crossings to help keep animals safe. From elk traversing a wildlife bridge across a Canadian interstate to titi monkeys using rope bridges over a Costa Rican road to salamanders creeping through tiny tunnels beneath a Massachusetts street, young readers are certain to be delighted and inspired by Book and Mortar Record Store Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals -- Katy S. Duffield This powerful nonfiction picture book explores wildlife crossings around the world and how they are helping save thousands of animals every day. Around the world, bridges, tunnels, and highways are constantly being built to help people get from one place to another. But what happens when construction spreads over, under, across, and through animal habitats? Thankfully, groups of concerned citizens, scientists, engineers, and construction crews have come together to create wildlife crossings to help keep animals safe. From elk traversing a wildlife bridge across a Canadian interstate to titi monkeys using rope bridges over a Costa Rican road to salamanders creeping through tiny tunnels beneath a Massachusetts street, young readers are certain to be delighted and inspired by these ingenious solutions that are saving the lives of countless wild animals. Author: Katy S. Duffield Publisher: Beach Lane Books Published: 10/13/2020 Pages: 48 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 1.40lbs Size: 11.30h x 11.00w x 0.60d ISBN: 9781534465794 Audience: Ages 4-8 Accelerated Reader: Reading Level: 6 Point Value: 0.5 Interest Level: Lower Grade Quiz #/Name: 510678 / Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020 School Library Journal 09/01/2020 pg. 99 Booklist 10/15/2020 pg. 42 Publishers Weekly 10/26/2020 Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2021 pg. 110 About the Author Katy Duffield is the author of more than twenty-five books for children. She lives in Florida with her husband and her wild and crazy Australian Shepherd. For more information about Katy, please visit her website at KatyDuffield.com. Mike Orodán is the author-illustrator of the Peek-a-Baby series, as well as Crossings by Katy Duffield. He lives in Surrey, England.
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Book Title: Crossings : Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals
Number of Pages: 48 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Topic: Hunting, Animals / Animal Welfare, Animals / Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Etc.
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes, Orodán, Mike
Genre: Sports & Recreation, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 24.4 Oz
Author: Katy S. Duffield
Item Length: 11 in
Item Width: 11 in
Format: Hardcover
