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Backyard Detective
Critters Up Close
By Bishop, Nic
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-43917-478-7
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2002
Gr 3-6 For the child who is drawn to creepy-crawly critters, Bishop's oversized volume offers hours of visual pleasure. Each of the seven double-page photo collages was computer generated from more than 60 of the photographer's individual images taken with the use of a laser trigger to trip a fast shutter and high-speed strobes to freeze the insects in motion. Creatures in the photo collages are life-size. In some pictures, a magnifying glass shows several insects two times larger than life-size; a hand lens shows them four times larger. Text-f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
