Design Like Nature has been translated into Korean! I love thinking about our little book traveling all that way….
Want to learn more about biomimicry? Check out the Resources page.
★"Fascinating...An appealing resource sure to spark an interest in biomimicry, from casual readers to budding scientists. Recommended for all libraries."
—School Library Journal, starred review
“With more than sixty colour photographs and accessible text, it truly is an appealing book for classrooms or school libraries.”
—Canadian Teacher Magazine
Blueberry Honor for kids’ books that inspire a love of nature & action for planet Earth.
—Evanston Public Library
Do you dream of a better world?
Have you ever held a seashell and wondered how its delicate swirl can be so strong? Or lay down under a tree so tall it touches the clouds and wondered how it withstands the strongest winds? Nature is a genius at design.
Design Like Nature explores the topic of biomimicry, the science of copying nature. Learn how innovators are using bacteria to power lights, how communities build living bridges out of rubber trees, and how scientists copied gecko feet to invent tape that lets a person climb straight up a glass wall. Students are using biomimicry to build inventions that can reduce our ecological footprint, like refrigerators that run on a trickle of electricity from a solar panel, or plastic made out of banana peels.
Come take a peek inside nature’s toolbox!
Co-authored with the amazing Megan Clendenan.
Ask at your local bookstore, or