Put On Some Antlers And Walk Like a Moose

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Do you know a raccoon

by its smell? A deer by

its tracks? The difference

between the call of a tree

frog and the call of a bird?

To find animals, many field

scientists work like detectives,

looking for natural clues.

A middle grade nonfiction book about field scientists and how they study animals.

Posted On: Sunday, January 2nd, 2000
Filed Under: Books, Nonfiction Grades 4-8

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Awards & Recognition

Reviews

"I loved this book! It's exciting and interesting and draws the reader in with dramatic anecdotes and humor about the study of all sorts of wildlife in their natural habitats...." - Appraisal: Science Books for Young People

"Such interesting and often amusing anecdotes, along with Sayre's expert knowledge of animals studies, reveal the unique challenges facing field researchers...The author's enthusiasm will undoubtedly spark the interest of a new generation of Dian Fosseys and Jane Goodalls." - Book Talk, The Magazine for Elementary School Librarians

"Field science...the tedium, the mess, the danger, the excitement, and the simple enjoyment of exercising one's ingenuity...is presented here, along with all of the issues scientists must weigh in their work." - Booklist