A Field Guide to the Familiar: Twenty Years of Photography on the Isles of Shoals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780874518658)

Designed both to encourage beginning naturalists and to challenge more experienced observers to look at the familiar in new ways, A Field Guide to the Familiar offers an introduction to common plants, animals, and natural phenomena. Beautiful drawings add to the book's refreshing approach to nature study. Organized by the seasons of the year, each chapter focuses on one subject and one learning objective. From fall's first frost to the field crickets of high summer, this innovative guide explores in depth such familiar sights as bumblebees, rainbows, acorns, blueberries, and shooting stars. Each chapter includes descriptive information to help readers identify each subject, as well as life cycle information that shows how a subject functions within a grander scheme. Readers learn that every plant and animal - even the atmosphere - has its own story, and they begin to perceive the natural world as whole, interconnected, and continuous. Whether read sequentially or used as a field companion or handy desk reference, A Field Guide to the Familiar gives every reader a sense of the natural world as an accessible - and endlessly fascinating - place.

Author: Gale Lawrence
ISBN-10: 0874518652
ISBN-13: 9780874518658
Publisher: University Press of New England
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1998
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.05w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 33 - Strongly Recommended