Dr Donald Wolf (9 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: NEW Discounted.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Child pencil names & circles to the outer upper rear cover, else unmarked. Stated Seventeenth Printing. 1960 (c. 1965). Wonder Books; Grosset & Dunlap, New York. How and Why series No. 5009. Paper wrappers: bright yellow pictorial covers, light edge rubbing, minor corner tip creasing, faint handling. Folded stapled paper spine w/ light rubbing, tiny split at the heel, original wire staples intact. Interior pages clean. Color & b&w illustrations throughout by Walter Ferguson & Ned Smith. Two-color teal illustrated endpapers. Rear wrapper catalog listing through title No. 5061. 48 pp. 8.25x11". Ships from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: The How and Why Wonder Book of Birds covers avian biology, flight mechanics and species identification for young readers. Robert Mathewson, Curator of Science at the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, builds the text around questions about nest construction, seasonal migration, feather anatomy and feeding adaptations, w/ full-color plates and monochrome field drawings by wildlife artists Walter Ferguson and Ned Smith. Questions from young readers organize the sections, running from the aerodynamics of flight to the adaptations of bills and talons and the ecological niches birds occupy. Dr. Paul E. Blackwood of the U.S. Office of Education supervised the content, which was verified by Oakes A. White of the Brooklyn Children's Museum. The final section gives instructions for building backyard birdhouses, winter feeding stations and nesting supply trays. Wonder Books, a division of Grosset & Dunlap, launched the How and Why series in 1960 for post-Sputnik classroom and home science.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. (Seashells, Juvenile Literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (Seashells, Mollusks, Juvenile Literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The covers are smudged with shelf wear and creasing to the corners, hinges, and spine. The spine also has some closed tears. The pages may be smudged as well. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING.