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Author:

Collard, Sneed B., author.

Title:

Catching air : taking the leap with gliding animals / Sneed B. Collard, III.

Edition:

1st. ed.

Publisher:

Tilbury House Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

39 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Gliders (Mammals)--Juvenile literature.
Vertebrates--Juvenile literature.
Mammals--Flight--Juvenile literature.
Reptiles--Flight--Juvenile literature.
Amphibians--Flight--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 38).

Summary:

Only a select few animals are able to glide long distances through air, but they include an amazing variety-- even a few species of frogs and snakes. Catching Air takes us around the planet to meet these animals and explore why this gravity-defying talent has evolved in animals, amphibians, and reptiles.

Series:

How nature works

ISBN:

9780884484967
0884484963

OCLC:

(OCoLC)951925698

LCCN:

2016959412

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SUPC124 -- Aplington Legion Memorial Library (Aplington)

TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

MDPA423 -- Steamboat Rock Public Library (Steamboat Rock)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)