Wildlife Crossing: Giving Animals the Right-of-Way
Oct 2024 · Orca Footprints Book 32 · Orca Book Publishers
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Key Selling Points:
- We use roads every day but don't often think about their effect on the environment. Wildlife Crossing examines what happens when roads and animals intersect, and shows ways that engineering, landscape design, signage and driver education can improve sustainability.
- In the United States, up to two million large animals are hit by cars every year. In Canada, Ontario is the province with the most wildlife collisions, most often involving deer.
- An introduction to the relatively new field of road ecology and another way to look at how humans are negatively affecting and changing the animal world.
- This is a STEM book for kids who care about animals, habitats and the environment. There are practical things kids can do to make roads safer for animals. They’ll get tips on how to be more observant when traveling, improve their chances of spotting wildlife and learn to recognize different habitats.
- Joan Marie Galat is an award-winning author of more than 20 nonfiction books for kids (with an interest in STEM topics). She has a background in the biological sciences, with a focus on ecology.
About the author
Joan Marie Galat is an award-winning author of more than 25 books for children and adults, with translations in eight languages. She is best known for her science books for children, especially her astronomy titles, and interest in everything outer space. Her books have won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Moonbeam Children's Book, Crystal Kite, Skipping Stones, Rocky Mountain Book, Red Cedar Book and Hackmatack Awards and the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, among others. She is the 2018 recipient of the Martha Weston Grant, awarded annually to one member (worldwide) of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Joan lives near Edmonton.
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