books: animals in motion

books: animals in motion

books:

Animals in motion

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field)

Loree Griffin Burns

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Very enjoyable!
Tracking Trash is the story of Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who studies the movement of ocean currents. Dr. Ebbesmeyer's work has attracted attention because he has received much of his information from studying trash. It all began when his mother heard ...

Mary and Jody in the Movies (Lucky Foot Stables)
JoAnn Dawson

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2008

In the newest adventure in the Lucky Foot Stable series, epic friends Mary and Jody are given an incredible opportunity when a movie crew descends on the McMurray Dairy Farm to film a movie. The girls are soon rushing around trying to show the film people that Lady, Gypsy, and Star are the best looking, most well-behaved horses around, perfect for ...

March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture

Luc Jacquet

National Geographic, 2005

Amazing
This book brings the movie, and indeed the penguins, to life. It is a pleasure to read and to get lost in the beauty of Anarctica and the amazing feats of the penguins. I highly recommend it!

The Beauty of the Beasts: Tales of Hollywood's Wild Animal Stars

Ralph Helfer

Harper Paperbacks, 2007

Dedicated to keeping animals safe and well
This book was very interesting and well-written. It is reassuring to read about how Helfer was so dedicated to keeping these working animals safe and well.

Muybridge's Animals in Motion CD-ROM and Book (Electronic Clip Art)

Eadweard Muybridge

Dover Publications, 2007

Great addition for artist study
As an abstract painter, I find this a great addition to my resource library for painting and image reference. It is also a nice companion to the Humans in Motion book.

On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (Great Minds Series)

William Harvey

Prometheus Books, 1993

Great text in the history of science
A modern reader of Harvey's most famous and important work, "On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals," cannot help but be amazed at the methodical, precise way he goes about demonstrating his thesis. His method is not purely "scientific" in the sense we know ...

Brother Bear (Welcome Book)

H. C. Wakabayashi

Disney Editions, 2003

Insightful Look
Not as fun as Lilo & Stitch's "Art Of" book, but very good, very informative. It's a more serious approach...as the film started out with a more serious story. This is detailed by the creators and writers as they recall the story problems that started plaguing the ...

The Horse's Muscles in Motion

Sara Wyche

Crowood Press, 2002

Good book
I got this book to go along with another one to aide me in studying for an equine massage therapy course I'm about to take. This book not only has fantastic discriptions of exactly why a certain muscle is so important, but also has some really good illustrations and ...

Animals in Motion

Eadweard Muybridge

Dover Publications, 1957

Indispensible Reference for Artists
Muybridges momumental work photographing animals in all different gates and poses and tests of ability. Using sometimes up to 100 cameras for a single set up to gain what is now the definitive guide for animators in understanding the motion of animals. It all started ...

Tezuka School of Animation, 2: Animals in Motion

Tezuka Productions

Watson-Guptill, 2003

Best animal animation book ever.
This is the only book of making animal animation that you will need, in this book you can find detail by detail, step by step, and from all angles how to animate dogs, lions,cats, horses, all kind of birds, fihes,etc, etc, etc. This book is worth $100 dollars and much ...

Reel Nature : America's Romance With Wildlife on Film
Gregg Mitman

Harvard University Press, 1999

Americans have had a long-standing love affair with the wilderness. As cities grew and frontiers disappeared, film emerged to feed an insatiable curiosity about wildlife. The camera promised to bring us into contact with the animal world, undetected and unarmed. Yet the camera's penetration of this world has inevitably brought human artifice and ...

Drawing Life in Motion

Jim Arnosky

Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1987

Example but not how - to
This author is undoubtedly skilled and naturally artistic. The book is an example of realistic nature sketches without the step by step instruction you would expect. It teaches no shape forms, no definitive skills just highlights and pointers. The detail it ...

Kung Fu Panda: The Warrior's Guide

DK Publishing

DK CHILDREN, 2008

Panda-rific
Enter the Panda...Bruce Lee would be astonished that a fat, lazy, noodle making Dragon Warrior wanna-be could even master the supple art of Kung Fu! Po, is the son of a long line of noodle makers. His father wants him to continue the tradition of creating the best ...

Fitness in Motion: Therapeutic Exercises for Horses

DVM, Ava Frick, Barbara Hethcote

The Lyons Press, 2007

Beautiful, comprehensive and practical
We have three elderly (20+)quarter horses we use for occasional trail riding, and an eight-year old Arab-quarter horse cross whom we also ride trails with on Colorado's front range. I ordered this book at the end of our riding season--it's been snowing, blowing and ...

The Simian Space Manual/The Chimp's Guide to the Galaxy (Space Chimps)
Rebecca McCarthy, Kate Ritchey

Price Stern Sloan, 2008

Fun double-sided flip book! Now fans can pretend to be astronauts?just like their favorite characters from the movie?with this fun double-sided flip book. The first half of the book is The Simian Space Manual, a fictional book of silly rules and regulations for space goers like Ham. The other half is The Chimp?s Guide to the Galaxy, a nonfiction ...