{"product_id":"9780996273947","title":"The Order of Things: A BESTIARY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A field guide to spotting and identifying mystery fauna, this fancifully illustrated work illuminates a menagerie of creatures, from the possibly extinct Ivory-Billed Woodpecker to the impossibly ubiquitous Jackalope.\"—Nicholas Mott, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Things\u003c\/i\u003e , from rising star Reid Psaltis, is a subversive spin on the medieval bestiaries and animal encyclopedias that have fired the imaginations of children for centuries. Take a trip back in time through the natural world, but don't let those breathtaking paintings distract you from the \u003ci\u003eOrder of Things\u003c\/i\u003e . Psaltis's humor is as dry as those dinosaur bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eReid Psaltis \u003c\/b\u003e majored in oil painting at Western Washington University and completed the science illustration graduate program at California State University, Monterey Bay. He interned in the Exhibitions Department at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, participating in the creation of the museum's world famous dioramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis work as an illustrator has been featured online at the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e , and in print in \u003ci\u003eScience Notes\u003c\/i\u003e , Scout Books' Good Ink series, and in Dan Berne's novel the \u003ci\u003eGods of Second Chances\u003c\/i\u003e . His comics have appeared online and in eBooks from Top Shelf 2.0, Study Group Comics, \u003ci\u003eTrip City \u003c\/i\u003e and Alternative Comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Things \u003c\/i\u003e is Psaltis' first book in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secret Acres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024225517808,"sku":"9780996273947","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996273947_p0.jpg?v=1763952434","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996273947","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}