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What Is a Vertebrate?
Animals with backbones are called vertebrates. This amazing book allows young readers to peek inside an animal and understand its body structure from the inside out. Detailed illustrations of each animal's skeleton help show how different kinds of vertebrates move.
32 pages, Paperback + CD
First published October 1, 2007
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About the author
Bobbie Kalman
1,149 books32 followersBobbie Kalman (1947 - ) is the award-winning Canadian author of more than 400 non-fiction books.
She established herself as a leading author in children’s non-fiction in the 1980’s and 90’s with two acclaimed series about pioneer life, The Early Settler Life Series (15 titles) and The Historic Communities Series (31 titles), both published by Crabtree Publishing.
She has created many of Crabtree’s most popular series, which also include The Native Nations of North America Series (19 titles), The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series (93 titles), and The Science of Living Things Series (32 titles), among others.
Born in Hungary in 1947, Bobbie and her family escaped to Austria during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. The family spent several weeks there as refugees before immigrating to North America. A former teacher, Bobbie Kalman taught at both the elementary and secondary levels. She also spent several years working as an educational consultant for several publishing companies. Bobbie holds degrees in English, Psychology, and Education. She is married and has four children and three grandchildren.
Although best known for her non-fiction, Bobbie’s newest book is autobiographical. Released in September, 2006, Refugee Child is the account of Bobbie and her family’s escape from Hungary when she was just nine years old. Written to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in October of 2006, the book is told from the perspective of a young girl.
She established herself as a leading author in children’s non-fiction in the 1980’s and 90’s with two acclaimed series about pioneer life, The Early Settler Life Series (15 titles) and The Historic Communities Series (31 titles), both published by Crabtree Publishing.
She has created many of Crabtree’s most popular series, which also include The Native Nations of North America Series (19 titles), The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series (93 titles), and The Science of Living Things Series (32 titles), among others.
Born in Hungary in 1947, Bobbie and her family escaped to Austria during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. The family spent several weeks there as refugees before immigrating to North America. A former teacher, Bobbie Kalman taught at both the elementary and secondary levels. She also spent several years working as an educational consultant for several publishing companies. Bobbie holds degrees in English, Psychology, and Education. She is married and has four children and three grandchildren.
Although best known for her non-fiction, Bobbie’s newest book is autobiographical. Released in September, 2006, Refugee Child is the account of Bobbie and her family’s escape from Hungary when she was just nine years old. Written to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in October of 2006, the book is told from the perspective of a young girl.
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February 25, 2021
This was purchased for my animal classification unit. I normally use posters and 3D models but to do classification virtually, books had to be purchased.
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August 3, 2016
The pictures and illustrations were the best part of this book; clearly showing the varied skeletal systems of vertebrates. However the text was so wordy and in need of pronouns that it was frustrating to read:
"Most vertebrates have eyes on their heads. Some vertebrates have eyes a the side of their heads. The eyes of some birds are at the side of their heads. The eyes of a fox are at the front of its head.
Maybe if the sentenced were spaced out a bit more under the pictures of the animals being described it would have been better, but structured out into a rambling paragraph made for dull a read.
"Most vertebrates have eyes on their heads. Some vertebrates have eyes a the side of their heads. The eyes of some birds are at the side of their heads. The eyes of a fox are at the front of its head.
Maybe if the sentenced were spaced out a bit more under the pictures of the animals being described it would have been better, but structured out into a rambling paragraph made for dull a read.
November 1, 2012
Great pics of real skeletons
June 25, 2016
Although this book is not an interesting read, it has great pics of the five kinds of vertebrates- amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds and fish.
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