The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Montgomery, Sy

The Snake Scientist

48 pp. | Houghton | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-395-87169-7 $$16.00

(2) 4-6 Photographs by Nic Bishop. Each spring, 18,000 red-sided garter snakes emerge from underground dens in Manitoba, Canada. Earthwatch volunteers and students gather them up, and the snakes then participate in a day's behavioral experiments directed by zoologist Bob Mason. With a research topic whose kid appeal is hard to beat, this is a solid introduction to the ethos of experimental science as seen by a genial scientist. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Diana Lutz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 1999