The Hyena Scientist by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop. NON-FICTION. Houghton Mifflin, 2018. $19.
MS – ADVISABLE.
If you have seen The Lion King, then your opinion of hyenas is probably as the lowest of all mammals – akin to the buzzards and vultures of the bird world. Montgomery, however, in her exploration of a group of scientists who study hyenas in Kenya, brings dignity and understanding to the species.
This time Montgomery does an excellent job of balancing information about the hyenas with the background of the scientists and the details of their work. This is my favorite treatment of the science in this series, because it is called Scientists in the Field. I finally got my 8thgrade science teachers interested in this series. Thankfully I have plenty of the titles, because they plan on using them next year in certain parts of their classes!
Cindy, Library Teacher
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