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Bishop, Nic

Nic Bishop Lizards

48 pp. | Scholastic | October, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-20634-1 $17.99

(1) K-3 Bishop provides spectacular photographic images, accompanied by excellent scientific information about the many lizard species, their behaviors, anatomy, survival mechanisms, and habitats. Brilliant color photographs bring us sharply into close-ups of the nubby texture of lizard skin or capture frame-by-frame the animals in mid-jump (most impressively across two foldout pages showing every nuance of a basilisk skimming the surface of water). Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010