By David Barrie (author) , Qu Lan (illustrator)
"An information book to educate and inspire readers of all ages."
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Animal migrations are the subject of many fascinating information books for young people but this adaptation of David Barrie’s award-winning book for adults, explaining the wonders of animal navigation, is much wider in scope than most and goes much further in explaining the science of remarkable journeys.
Over carefully designed and illustrated pages, it follows different creatures and explains how they are able to navigate using sound, sight and smell, as well as more unusual methods – magnetism, electricity, gravity and more. The extraordinary abilities of cataglyphis fortis, a species of desert ant, is an example of how animals can use dead reckoning, landmark navigation and the earth’s magnetic field to find their way home; we learn more lessons from the ways in which loggerhead turtles, spiny lobsters and bar-tailed godwits find their way across the world.
Just as interesting, the book explains the ways and means scientists have discovered and proved these abilities. An opening section uses the example of being lost in a park to set it in the context of young people’s own experiences, the author reminding us throughout that we humans too belong to the natural world. It’s a book that requires and repays concentration, and which is truly eye-opening and informative.
How do animals find their way?
How does a bird leave its nest to find food?
How does a humpback whale follow an arrow-straight course while it crosses an entire ocean?
How does an Arctic tern travel 56,000 miles a year without getting lost?
We know some things about how animals accomplish these remarkable feats of navigation. Monarch butterflies travel from Canada to Mexico by orienting to the sun. It's the light from the Milky Way that steers dung beetles. Then, there are animals like moths and sea turtles that are guided by Earth's magnetic field.
In this Nautilus Award-winning adaptation, young readers learn about the amazing navigational capabilities of animals and recent discoveries that enhance our understanding, although fascinating mysteries remain. Created in collaboration with animal behaviourists and a Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff, the author of more than two hundred books exploring topics as varied as ghosts, robots, bacteria, evolution, women pioneers, the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, and forensic crime solving.
'Just astonishing… Our natural navigational capacities are no match for those of the supernavigators in this eye- opening book.' - The New York Times Book Review
'A must-read for anyone fascinated with the wonders of nature.' - Publishers Weekly
'Many… exceptional navigators… are humble and unsung, and learning about them is one of the pleasures of Supernavigators.' - The New Yorker
'A compelling investigation of navigation in the animal kingdom.' ? Mail on Sunday
'Immensely entertaining... [Barrie] is an admirably reliable and assiduous guide to what we do and don’t yet know.' ? Sunday Times
David Barrie , a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, has sailed all over the world and made many long passages. His book Sextant was short-listed for the Mountbatten Literary Award and received the Royal Institute of Navigation’s Certificate of Achievement. His book Supernavigators was honored with both a Gold and Silver Nautilus Award in 2020.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Supernavigators and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-12 years old
Supernavigators features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Recommendations, The Natural World, Science, Wildlife, Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics
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Supernavigators was written by David Barrie and published by TRA Publishing an imprint of Simon And Schuster Group USA
Supernavigators has 63 pages
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