Children's Nonfiction Environmental Conservation & Protection
Wildlife Crossing
Giving Animals the Right-of-Way
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2024
- Category
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, Animal Welfare, Environmental Science & Ecosystems
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459833463
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $21.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459833487
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $0.99
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Description
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
lives in the Alberta countryside near Edmonton, where she can often be found gazing upwards. She shares her love of the sky in the Dot to Dot in the Sky series, which offers both science and stories from ancient cultures about our environment and the night sky.
Joan's writing career began with a weekly newspaper column when she was 12 years old. Now an award-winning and best-selling author, she has written more than a dozen books for both children and adults. She provides freelance writing and editing through her communications business, MoonDot Media, and is a frequent presenter at schools and libraries.
While Alberta's long winter nights and big prairie sky are ideal for stargazing, Joan also enjoys other pastimes such as reading, camping, kayaking, spending time outdoors, and even stiltwalking. She likes to travel and picnic, which led to her book Day Trips from Edmonton.
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