Heather L. Montgomery schrijft boeiende non-fictie voor jonge lezers, waarbij ze de wonderen van wetenschap en natuur verkent. Haar werk duikt in diverse onderwerpen, van de complexiteit van slangen tongen tot de wonderen van spinnenzijde en zelfs de nederige oorsprong van slakkenpoep. Met een achtergrond in biologie en milieueducatie schijnt Montgomery's diepe passie voor de natuurlijke wereld door haar schrijven. Haar avontuurlijke geest, vaak te vinden tijdens het wandelen of peddelen op rivieren, doordrenkt haar verhalen met een gevoel van ontdekking en verwondering.
Charles Darwin, George Washington Carver, and Jane Goodall were once curious kids with pockets full of treasures--now in paperback! When you find something strange and wonderful, do you put it in your pocket? Meet nine scientists who, as kids, explored the great outdoors and collected "treasures": seedpods, fossils, worms, and more. Observing, sorting, and classifying their finds taught these kids scientific skills--and sometimes led to groundbreaking discoveries. Author Heather Montgomery has all the science flair of a new Bill Nye. Book includes the Heather's tips for responsible collecting.
How can massive stones slide across the desert untouched? Nature holds some of
our world's strangest mysteries. Some of the best minds on the planet have
tried to explain these unsolved phenomena. With dramatic photos and intriguing
theories, readers can go on an outdoor adventure to explore some of nature's
most puzzling mysteries.
This book suggests that the Canada-US border relationship has been both highly
reflexive and hegemonic over time, and that such realities are embodied in the
metaphorical images and texts that describe the Canada-US border over its
history.
Meet the mamas and papas of the insect world in this fresh and funny nonfiction look at how bugs are like us from popular science author and teacher Heather Montgomery. Most insects don't take care of their young, but some do--in surprising ways. Some bugs clean up after their messy little ones, cater to their picky eaters, and yes--hug their baby bugs. A fun and clever look at parenting in the insect world, perfect for backyard scientists and their own moms and dads. Back matter includes further information about the insects and a list of resources for young readers.
Montgomery presents an account of child prostitution in Thailand that focuses
on the daily lives of prostituted children, their motivations, and their
perceptions of what they do. The study is based upon 15 months of fieldwork in
a Thai tourist community with a prostitution based economy. Montgomery schovat
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Child abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the social responses towards it. Focusing primarily on England, it is a history of violence against children in their own homes, covering a large timeframe which extends from medieval times to the present. Undeniably, the experience of children in the past was often brutal, and children were treated with, what seems to contemporary mores, callousness, and cruelty. However, historians have paid far less attention to how the mistreatment of children was understood within its contemporary context. Most parents, both now and in the past, loved their children and there have always been widely shared understandings of the boundaries that separate the acceptable treatment of children from the intolerable and morally wrong. This book will examine how these boundaries have changed and been contested over time and, in doing so, provides a context to the many forms of violence experienced by children in the past.
