A Field Guide to the Familiar: Learning to Observe the Natural World (Phalarope Books) - Softcover

Lawrence, Gale; Tyrol, Adelaide

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133140636 ISBN 13: 9780133140637

Publisher: Prentice Hall Direct, 1984

Synopsis

Essays offer a fresh look at common plants, animals, and natural phenomena

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Review

Rutland Herald / Montpelier Times Argus"

A Field Guide to the Familiar goes far beyond the scope of any nature guide I ve read. It s not just a means of identifying and understanding the characteristics of dozens of roadside birds, flowers, trees, and animals, but an unabashed celebration of them. It s a celebration, if you will of the ordinary in nature, which often turns out to be a good deal less ordinary than I, for one, ever supposed . . . Who, exactly can benefit from A Field Guide to the Familiar? Anyone interested in our everyday natural surroundings: country dwellers, city dwellers, teachers and students (the book will be an excellent supplementary text for life science and biology classes), professional naturalists and backyard bird watchers. Howard Frank Mosher, Rutland Herald / Montpelier Times Argus"

For the budding young naturalist, this book is a worthwhile guide to the non-arid natural world. From plants to animals, the author points out and explains the living world as though teaching a high-school science class. Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide"

"A Field Guide to the Familiar goes far beyond the scope of any nature guide I've read. It's not just a means of identifying and understanding the characteristics of dozens of roadside birds, flowers, trees, and animals, but an unabashed celebration of them. It's a celebration, if you will of the ordinary in nature, which often turns out to be a good deal less ordinary than I, for one, ever supposed . . . Who, exactly can benefit from A Field Guide to the Familiar? Anyone interested in our everyday natural surroundings: country dwellers, city dwellers, teachers and students (the book will be an excellent supplementary text for life science and biology classes), professional naturalists and backyard bird watchers."--Howard Frank Mosher "Rutland Herald / Montpelier Times Argus"

"For the budding young naturalist, this book is a worthwhile guide to the non-arid natural world. From plants to animals, the author points out and explains the living world as though teaching a high-school science class."--Howard Frank Mosher "Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide"

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Direct
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133140636
• ISBN 13: 9780133140637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274