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Meet ten mimic makers who are learning from the living world. They wonder, ask questions, and gather great ideas from nature. Then they copy these ideas to invent amazing new technology to help people everywhere. Nature really is the best teacher!
Accolades for Mimic Makers
A Junior Library Guild Gold Selection for 2021
Praise for Mimic Makers
“You and the kids will soak up mind-blowing examples of how animals and plants inspire innovations in this book about biomimicry—when inventors take strategies found in nature and adapt them into technology. One cool case: A scientist came up with a way to prevent algae from growing on submarines by studying the skin of sharks. Short text blocks and bright illustrations make this topic approachable for the pre-K set.”
— Parents Magazine“An intriguing introduction to biomimicry.” — Booklist
“Mimic Makers demonstrates how paying attention to details opens both understanding and innovation. This book inspires readers to look closer and ask how things work. Understanding the relationships between form and function is a catalyst to creative thinking and design. The illustrations are playful, the text engaging, the scholarship rigorous, and the message critical.”
— John (Jack) Muir Laws, Wildlife Biologist, Associate of the California Academy of Sciences“Young readers will be captivated by the contemporary inventors and inventions featured, and inspired to incorporate biomimicry into their own designs.” —Miranda Paul, author of One Plastic Bag and Water is Water
“Mimic Makers reveals marvels of engineering inspired by nature with images that invite careful observation and explanations that are expressive, but never over simplified.”
—Kim Parfitt, AP Biology and Environmental Science teacher, curriculum developer for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biointeractive, and recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Math Teaching.“Amazing! . . . Love that the book features the scientists and inventors, and that there is a diverse set of them.” — Janine Benyus, co-founder of the Biomimicry Institute
Full Reviews
“A great book for talking about problem/solution text structure.” — Kirsten W. Larson