Bibliography:
Montgomery, Sy. 2006. Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An
Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea. Photos by Nic Bishop. Boston,
Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0618496416
Plot Summary:
The adventure begins with of the world’s rarest and most
elusive mammals, the Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo and Author, Sy Montgomery, who sets
out on an expedition to the Cloud Forest of Papua New Guinea. Together with a
team of scientists and a photographer named Nic Bishop, Montgomery follows and
documents the tree kangaroo as well as other unusual species. They’ve said that tracking tree kangaroos was impossible, but not for this team.
The author keeps the readers engaged by including the exact
words spoken by the team members. She
also writes detailed descriptions of what the scientists see and do. The conversations and the explanation they
have involving their actions, help the readers imagine they are right there experiencing
the events that take place and that are documented. The information on this book is a record of
true personal experiences. It is great informational
book that gives real life facts and examples.
The stunning photographs are a great representation of the
people, animals, and places they meet and see throughout this journey. They are like a picture journal, capturing
every significant moment along the way.
They also give the reader an exclusive image about rare creatures and a different
culture that wouldn’t be understood if it were just read. Bishop captures an image for the reader to
experience the scientists applying a radio collar to the Matchie’s Tree
Kangaroo, who looks like part bear, part monkey and part kangaroo.
Review Excerpts:
- Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2016 (Honor 2007)
- Henry Bergh Children's Book Award,
- 2006 Winner Non-Fiction Environment and Ecology United States
- John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers, 2006 Winner
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, 2000-2017
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2001-2017 (Honor 2007)
- Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2017 (Commended, 2007)
Another beautifully illustrated entry in the Scientists in the field series... Montgomery gives a chronological, sometimes moment-by-moment account of the challenging climb into the remote cloud forest...[giving] an unusually strong, visceral sense of the work and cooperation fieldwork entails and the scope and uniqueness of theis particular mission...As usual, Bishop's color photographs are exemplary and extend the excitement in close-ups of creatures and of the team at work. Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
Montgomery's friendliness and curiosity set the tone...Bishop's photography is, as always, outstanding...Dabek's advice to young naturalists...[is a] useful addition. Horn Book
In this fact-packed adventure with stunning photos, readers joins scientists in New Guinea to radio-collar the way-cute tree-dweller. People Magazine
"Meet the amazing scientists who track these elusive animals." Midwest Book Review November 2007. Midwest Book Review
Connections:
·
Art: create an actual rainforest out of paper.
Leaves can be studied and made to look like the canopy. Flowers and animals can
be drawn and then cut out to tape onto the different layers of the
rainforest.
·
I Wonder
Why I Wonder Why Kangaroos Have Pouches by Jenny Wood ISBN 075346528
Swanson ISBN 155285471X
·
Marsupials
by Nic Bishop
Try a Spanish book:
·
Vívelo:
Canguros (Aumenta tu realidad) ISBN 1945543019
·
Show your students this You Tube video mini documentary
about Tree Kangaroo life by Megan Boegel to learn more: https://youtu.be/dEQIyqq88dE
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