Seymour Simon
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Description
Seymour Simon was born and raised in the Bronx in New York City. He attended highschool at the Bronx School of Science. After graduating from the City College of New York with a degree in animal behavior, he worked as a schoolteacher. In 1963 he was asked by Scholastic Inc. to write an article about the moon in anticipation of the moon landing, and he began writing articles for Scholastic magazines. After writing articles for several years, he wrote his first book, Animals in Field and Laboratory (1968). In 1979 he left teaching to become a full-time author. He has written more than 250 books about science for children, and continues to visit schools to talk about science.
Books
Weather
Water
Bones
A serial killer leads authorities in Nevada to the graves of his women victims which he has secretly booby trapped. A grave explodes, killing several people and he escapes in the confusion, but reporter Irene Kelly survives and goes after him
Insects
Sea creatures
Introduces unusual sea animals, such as the two-spotted octopus, Florida fighting conch, purple jellyfish, and fireworm.
Galaxies
Weather and climate
En moins de vingt doubles pages, une dizaine de points à la fois permettent d'explorer quelques faits, curiosités et chiffres à propos des climats, des phénomènes météorologiques et de la science qui les étudie. -- Très bien illustré de manière réaliste, cette introduction est agréable bien que certaines notions présentées soient spécialisées. [SDM].
Deserts
The Universe
Planets
72 pages : 28 cm +
Wild Babies
Describes the various parenting techniques of different types of wild animals and provides a close look at the behavior and characteristics of their offspring.
Horses
Bridges
Discusses the history of bridges from ancient times to the present and describes the building of various types of bridges.
Deadly ants
Discusses some of the types of ants that can be harmful to animals and humans, particularly fire ants and army ants.
Wild bears
An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and characteristics of different kinds of bears.