Boy's Best Friend
By (Author) Kate Banks
By (author) Rupert Sheldrake
St Martin's Press
St Martin's Press
27th December 2016
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
FIC
224
Width 130mm, Height 192mm, Spine 16mm
174g
Eleven-year-old George has a dog, Bart, who seems to know everything about him--from when he is feeling sad to when he will arrive home from school. George's new neighbor and classmate, Lester, also has a dog, Bill Gates, and Lester thinks he is the smartest animal in the world. When their teacher assigns a school science project about animal behavior, George and Lester decide to conduct an experiment based on the world-famous Rupert Sheldrake's experiments about dogs. George even has an e-mail exchange with Dr. Sheldrake to help him with the project--and he and Lester soon find out that, through a few simple experiments, kids can make scientific discoveries, too.
Kate Banks is the author of many picture books and novels. The Horn Book called her most recent novel, The Magician's Apprentice, "lyrical, imagistic, and thought-provoking." She lives in the South of France with her family. katebanksbooks.com Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and the author of ten previous books. He studied at Harvard and Cambridge Universities and works on projects funded by many institutions around the world. He lives in London with his wife. sheldrake.org