Nic Bishop
Author of Spiders
About the Author
Nic Bishop is the talented author and photo-illustrator of Backyard Detective: Critters Up Close, which was named a NCTE Notable Children's Book and won an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award. He is also the photo-illustrator of Red-Eyed Tree Frog, by Joy Cowley, which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book show more Award for Picture Book. Originally from New Zealand, where he received a doctorate in biological sciences, Nic now makes his home with his wife and several small animal friends in Kalamazoo, Michigan show less
Works by Nic Bishop
Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia (2009) — Photographer — 196 copies, 7 reviews
The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal (2013) — Photographer — 124 copies, 6 reviews
Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Black Holes (2008) — Photographer — 114 copies, 8 reviews
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Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea (2006) — Photographer — 450 copies, 42 reviews
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This book is an informational text on koalas. It shows pictures of how a koala cares for her joey and has information on where they live and other interesting facts about them.
Not my personal favorite. Premature, I think, as we didn't get to know the tapirs well enough, because they are so evasive they are hard to study. Otoh, anything from Sy Montgomery in the Scientists in the Field series is worth reading, and worth buying for libraries.
Science as a verb. The nitty-gritty, the hard work, the attention to detail, the heartbreak.... This book is absolutely not just for kids, or just for parrot fans.
Anyone looking for a career, or a second career, should consider what they can do for the creatures our human self-centeredness has displaced. This book, without being annoyingly preachy, makes it clear why.
Btw, as of Jan. 12, 2018, the population count of Kakapos is at 151... great progress!
And, on a tangential note outside the book, if you don't follow species' recoveries, you might be surprised to learn how much we've been able to help whooping cranes, California condors, and American bison, for example. Look 'em up.… (more)
Anyone looking for a career, or a second career, should consider what they can do for the creatures our human self-centeredness has displaced. This book, without being annoyingly preachy, makes it clear why.
Btw, as of Jan. 12, 2018, the population count of Kakapos is at 151... great progress!
And, on a tangential note outside the book, if you don't follow species' recoveries, you might be surprised to learn how much we've been able to help whooping cranes, California condors, and American bison, for example. Look 'em up.… (more)
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