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Author
Language
English
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Description
Understanding someone who belongs to another species can be transformative. Author, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery understands this well. To research her books, Sy has traveled the world and encountered some of the planet's rarest and most beautiful animals. From tarantulas to tigers, Sy's life continually intersects with and is informed by the creatures she meets. This memoir reflects on the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
152 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows a safari team led by Dr. Richard Estes as they track one of the largest land migrations--wildebeests crossing the Serengeti--with information on other animal migrations and the importance of protecting the African savanna ecosystem.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"In 2011 Sy Montgomery wrote a feature for Orion magazine
entitled 'Deep Intellect' about her friendship with a
sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the
grief she felt at her death. It went viral, indicating the
widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien
-like creatures. Since then Sy has practised true
immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to
the reefs...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The Leagues founders, Natasha and Alexxia, live by one motto: Never give up on...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of how in April 2016, Inky the octopus escaped from the New Zealand aquarium and became an international sensation."--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
70 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Great White Shark Scientist is the latest ocean adventure from the venerable team of Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen. In it, they follow Dr. Greg Skomal, biologist and head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, as he strives to better understand the habits and habitats of Great Whites in order to save this amazing, if maligned, creature of the deep."
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