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101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals
Provides answers to 101 questions about the habits and behavior of a variety of wild animals considered to be dangerous and describes the most dangerous animal of all.
88 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1985
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About the author
Seymour Simon
320 books128 followersSeymour Simon, whom the NY Times called "the dean of [children's science:] writers," is the author of more than 250 highly acclaimed science books (many of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association).
Seymour Simon uses his website, SeymourSimon.com, to provide free downloads of a wealth of materials for educators, homeschoolers and parents to use with his books, including 4-page Teacher Guides for all 26 of his Collins/Smithsonian photo essay books. The site provides multiple resources for kids writing book reports or wanting to explore the online Science Dictionary, and also features the Seymour Science blog highlighting current science news. Educators and families are encouraged to sign up to receive the monthly newsletter from SeymourSimon.com to stay abreast of the latest materials that Seymour Simon is introducing to enrich the reading experience.
He taught science and creative writing in elementary and secondary schools and was chair of the science department at a junior high school in the New York City public school system before leaving to become a full-time writer. "I haven't really given up teaching," he says, "and I suppose I never will, not as long as I keep writing and talking to kids around the country and the world."
Seymour Simon is also a creator and the author of a series of 3D books and a series of Glow-in-the-Dark Books for Scholastic Book Clubs, a series of leveled SEEMORE READERS for Chronicle Books, and the EINSTEIN ANDERSON, SCIENCE DETECTIVE series of fiction books. His books encourage children to enjoy the world around them through learning and discovery, and by making science fun. He has introduced tens of millions of children to a staggering array of subjects; one prominent science education specialist described Simon's books as "extraordinary examples of expository prose."
Seymour Simon has been honored with many awards for his work, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children's science literature; the New York State Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature; the Hope S. Dean Memorial Award from the Boston Public Library for his contribution to children's science literature; The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for Non-fiction; the Jeremiah Ludington Award for his outstanding contribution to children's nonfiction; the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people; and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Forum on Children's Science Books.
In a recent interview Simon was asked if he ever thinks of retiring. "I seem to be working faster and harder than ever. I absolutely don't feel any urge to sit back and look at what I've done. The only things that I'm thinking about are things I'd like to do in the future. I'm planning and doing and continuing to write. It's what I love to do. I remember a story about an anthropologist going to talk to a tribe and he asked them what was their word for "work." Their response was they have no word for work. Everybody does the things that they do in their life. I love that response. I don't differentiate between work and play. Everything I do is something that I enjoy doing - the writing, the research and everything else."
Seymour Simon writes and photographs nature from his hilltop home in Columbia County in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife Liz Nealon.
You can follow Seymour on Facebook and on Twitter, as well as on his website, which offers free, downloadable Teacher Guides to his books for educators, parents and homeschoolers, as well as the popular Seymour Science Daily Blo
Seymour Simon uses his website, SeymourSimon.com, to provide free downloads of a wealth of materials for educators, homeschoolers and parents to use with his books, including 4-page Teacher Guides for all 26 of his Collins/Smithsonian photo essay books. The site provides multiple resources for kids writing book reports or wanting to explore the online Science Dictionary, and also features the Seymour Science blog highlighting current science news. Educators and families are encouraged to sign up to receive the monthly newsletter from SeymourSimon.com to stay abreast of the latest materials that Seymour Simon is introducing to enrich the reading experience.
He taught science and creative writing in elementary and secondary schools and was chair of the science department at a junior high school in the New York City public school system before leaving to become a full-time writer. "I haven't really given up teaching," he says, "and I suppose I never will, not as long as I keep writing and talking to kids around the country and the world."
Seymour Simon is also a creator and the author of a series of 3D books and a series of Glow-in-the-Dark Books for Scholastic Book Clubs, a series of leveled SEEMORE READERS for Chronicle Books, and the EINSTEIN ANDERSON, SCIENCE DETECTIVE series of fiction books. His books encourage children to enjoy the world around them through learning and discovery, and by making science fun. He has introduced tens of millions of children to a staggering array of subjects; one prominent science education specialist described Simon's books as "extraordinary examples of expository prose."
Seymour Simon has been honored with many awards for his work, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children's science literature; the New York State Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature; the Hope S. Dean Memorial Award from the Boston Public Library for his contribution to children's science literature; The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for Non-fiction; the Jeremiah Ludington Award for his outstanding contribution to children's nonfiction; the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people; and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Forum on Children's Science Books.
In a recent interview Simon was asked if he ever thinks of retiring. "I seem to be working faster and harder than ever. I absolutely don't feel any urge to sit back and look at what I've done. The only things that I'm thinking about are things I'd like to do in the future. I'm planning and doing and continuing to write. It's what I love to do. I remember a story about an anthropologist going to talk to a tribe and he asked them what was their word for "work." Their response was they have no word for work. Everybody does the things that they do in their life. I love that response. I don't differentiate between work and play. Everything I do is something that I enjoy doing - the writing, the research and everything else."
Seymour Simon writes and photographs nature from his hilltop home in Columbia County in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife Liz Nealon.
You can follow Seymour on Facebook and on Twitter, as well as on his website, which offers free, downloadable Teacher Guides to his books for educators, parents and homeschoolers, as well as the popular Seymour Science Daily Blo
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May 26, 2021
So with regard to his 1985 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals, I certainly and definitely do really much appreciate that Seymour Simon textually never once loses sight of the inconvenient fact and truth that us humans in fact are the most dangerous animal to and for ourselves, that we actually face the biggest and most all encompassing threats NOT from large cats, not from sharks, rodents, bats, insects and the like but from each other, from other humans, as criminal assaults, armed conflicts, car accidents, bombings, physical abuse etc. both injure and kill far MORE people than ANY one animal species (but that we are of course equally not just threats to and for ourselves but indeed to and for the entire planet, to and for even those animals considered to be dangerous, and well, I do rather wish that this particular factoid were featured just a trifle more prominently by the author, by Seymour Simon within the text proper of 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals).
Furthermore, I also very much believe that in 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals Seymour Simon does in my opinion still spend just a bit too much text time narrationally trying to for example point out (in particular) the threats to humans posed by large cats such as tigers, lions, jaguars etc. (not to mention that the information regarding the dangers posed by sharks is from where I am standing equally a trifle overly exaggerated in 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals, for in reality, ALL sharks face much more potential destruction from habitat loss, from over-fishing, pollution, and that they are becoming increasingly threatened with regard to their very survival than any dangers swimmers, surfers, divers, fishermen will ever face from sharks). And combined with there equally not being an included bibliography in 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals, while I do appreciate that Seymour Simon makes a very decent effort showing that for the most part animals considered to be dangerous are much less so than us humans are, for me and to me, 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals is still not yet more than three stars (as indeed, the lack of secondary sources certainly rather majorly lessens the teaching and learning values of 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals and is rather unacceptable with regard to academic soundness).
Furthermore, I also very much believe that in 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals Seymour Simon does in my opinion still spend just a bit too much text time narrationally trying to for example point out (in particular) the threats to humans posed by large cats such as tigers, lions, jaguars etc. (not to mention that the information regarding the dangers posed by sharks is from where I am standing equally a trifle overly exaggerated in 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals, for in reality, ALL sharks face much more potential destruction from habitat loss, from over-fishing, pollution, and that they are becoming increasingly threatened with regard to their very survival than any dangers swimmers, surfers, divers, fishermen will ever face from sharks). And combined with there equally not being an included bibliography in 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals, while I do appreciate that Seymour Simon makes a very decent effort showing that for the most part animals considered to be dangerous are much less so than us humans are, for me and to me, 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals is still not yet more than three stars (as indeed, the lack of secondary sources certainly rather majorly lessens the teaching and learning values of 101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals and is rather unacceptable with regard to academic soundness).
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