Making hard science easy for kids with Sara Levine
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English - March 05, 2019 06:05 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBooks Arts Education writing authors university books literature interview lesley university higher education mfa creative writing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Sara Levine is writer, educator and a veterinarian. Her books for children include Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons; Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs; Tusks and Chompers; Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones — which make comparative anatomy accessible to kids (and adults). Her latest book is Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate with Animals.
Sara also writes science-related essays for adults, one of which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2007.
Read more about Sara on our episode page, where we have links to two of her essays and more.