The true-or-false book of horses - Softcover

Lauber, Patricia

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9780439274302: The true-or-false book of horses

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ISBN 10: 0439274303 ISBN 13: 9780439274302

Publisher: Scholastic, 2001

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Book Description Publication Date: 2001 Do horses really walk on tiptoe? Can they solve math problems? Are there wild horses today? Discover what's fact and what's fiction about horses! Award-winning author Patricia Lauber teams up with superb illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer to provide a fascinating introduction to the history, anatomy, and behavior of an animal that changed human history. The accessible true-or-false question-and-answer format adds to the fun for young readers who want to know more about these much-loved animals. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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About the Author:

Patricia Lauber is the author of more than sixty-five books for young readers. Many of them are in the field of science, and their range reflects the diversity of her own interests-bats, dolphins, dogs, volcanoes, earthquakes, the ice ages, the Everglades, the planets, earthworms. Two of her books, SEEDS: POP STICK GLIDE and JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS, were nonfiction nominees for The American Book Awards. She was the 1983 winner of The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to children's nonfiction literature.

As well as writing books, Ms. Lauber has been editor of Junior Scholastic, editor-in-chief of Science World, and chief editor, science and mathematics, of The New Book of Knowledge

A graduate of Wellesley College, she is married and lives in Connecticut. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, sailing, traveling, cooking, reading, and listening to music.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-"Horses hear sounds that we can't hear" and "A horse's teeth are clues to its age" are just 2 of the 14 intriguing statements introduced here. The true-or-false format is fun and readers who are interested in horses will find the wide variety of facts entertaining and educational. Precise details in the colorful illustrations reveal the look of cocked ears and swishing tails as their meanings are made clear. Nickers, snorts, and squeals-some of the essential sounds of horse communication-are succinctly explained and humorously translated by talking horses. There is enough information here for brief reports and the pictures are pleasant to study and browse. This lively glimpse at this creature's history, behavior, and anatomy should be a popular draw, particularly for young equestrians.
Carol Schene, Taunton Public Schools, MA
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