Rattlesnake Rules - Rilegato

Storad, Conrad J.

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ISBN 10: 1589851617 ISBN 13: 9781589851610

Casa editrice: Little Five Star, 2009

Riassunto

Rattlesnakes are much maligned primarily because they are much misunderstood. In Rattlesnake Rules, award-winning children’s author and science editor Conrad J. Storad, of Arizona, removes the veil of mystery from these fascinating creatures and imparts to young readers valuable information that will to help them to better understand rattlesnakes and to keep both the children and the snakes safe. Delightfully illustrated by Conrad’s long-time collaborator, artist Nathaniel P. Jensen, The Rattlesnake Rules is yet another in their popular series that includes Desert Night Shift (A Pack Rat Story) and Don’t Ever Cross that Road! (An Armadillo Story), among others.

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Conrad J. Storad is the award-winning author of more than 30 science and nature books written for children and young adults. He has lived in the Sonoran Desert since 1982 and many of his books reflect his long fascination with the plants and animals that live there.Among his works are Meerkats (named “Arizona’s Best Book of 2008” by the Arizona Book Publishing Association), Don’t Call Me Pig! (A Javelina Story), Desert Night Shift (A Pack Rat Story), Lizards for Lunch (A Roadrunner’s Tale), and Don’t Ever Cross that Road! (An Armadillo Story).Conrad is the director of the Office of Research Publications at Arizona State University where his responsibilities include editing the nationally award-winning ASU Research Magazine. He is also the founding editor of Chain Reaction, an award-winning magazine highlighting science and written for young readers.He began his career as a reporter and then editor and general manager for The Barberton Herald, a newspaper in northeast Ohio. Later, he was a science/medical writer for the U.S. National Cancer Institute and a science/feature writer at Kent State University in Ohio.Conrad earned a degree in mass media communication from the University of Akron and a master’s degree in mass communication/science journalism from Arizona State University. He was inducted into the university’s Cronkite School’s Journalism Hall of Fame in 2000, and is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, the International Association of Business Communicators, the Arizona Book Publisher’s Association, and the University Research Magazine Association.

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• Editore: Little Five Star
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1589851617
• ISBN 13: 9781589851610
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 40
• Disegnatore: Jensen Nathaniel P.