The American Biology Teacher, October 1st, 2000
Exploding Ants. By Joanne Settel. 1999. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. An Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division (1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020). 40 pp. Hardback $16. (ages 9-12). The subtitle of this delightful book is "Amazing Facts About How Animals Adapt." This is a book about survival adaptations, which is quite readable for children in the primary grades. It has a glossary and index that make it useful for the child as well as the teacher. The photographs are excellent and quite graphic. However, a glaring oversight, to my way of thinking, is...
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