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    The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery
    The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery
    The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery
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    The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery

    By Sandra Markle

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    Little brown bats do us a big favor. They eat huge numbers of insects! That helps limit the spread of diseases and the damage that insects do to farm crops. But in recent years, large populations of little brown bats have been dying off each winter. Is a virus killing them? Could climate change or pesticides be the cause? Or is it something else? Follow a team of dedicated scientists working to save the little brown bats in this real-life science mystery.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2014
    ISBN9781467772723
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    Sandra Markle

    Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children’s Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist. Markle is also the author of the Insect World series and several single titles. Her book Rescues! was named a Best Book by the Society of School Librarians International and a Recommended Title of Outstanding Nonfiction by the National Council of Teachers of English’s (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award committee; Animal Heroes was named a 2008 Lasting Connections title by Book Links. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.

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    • 4/5
      An informative look at the investigations into the possible causes of "white nose syndrome," an epidemic fungus disease afflicting little brown bat populations in North America.
    • 5/5
      The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats is wonderful scientific mystery for middle grade readers. The information is presented clearly and simply, but with accuracy and science vocabulary. Sandra Markle leads kids through the scientific process by explaining what the issue is and why it is important, how it is affecting the bats and data collection, hypotheses to what the problem could be, finding the cause of the problem and possible solutions. I read this with a group of kids aged 10-12, they were intrigued by the mystery and inspired to find out more about bats and what they could do to help- that is exactly what I want a science book to do. Female students also liked that many of the scientists were women!This book was provided for free in return for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      This was a really fun informational text to read. While it was an informational book, it was written like a mystery story which made it really interesting. I used this book in combination with Stella Luna as mentor texts for an assignment and it was really interesting to pair the informational with the fictional story. I would have this book in my informational book library. This book is appropriate for all levels but some words and concepts are a little confusing so I would only have older grades reading this book independently.
    • 4/5
      Another excellent book by Sandra Markle. When I was a kid in PA we saw thousands of bats flitting about every night. Now that I'm an adult in New England, I don't see any. Gaah.

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