A Field Guide to the Familiar: Learning to Observe the Natural World

Lawrence, Gale

ISBN 10: 0874518652 / ISBN 13: 9780874518658

Published by University Press of New England, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide to the Familiar: Learning to Observe the Natural World
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874518652
• ISBN 13: 9780874518658
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Tyrol, Adelaide
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

GALE LAWRENCE is a naturalist, lecturer, and teacher who writes for several Vermont newspapers and is also author of The Indoor Naturalist and The Beginning Naturalist. This edition of A Field Guide to the Familiar, first published in 1984, contains a new Reading Suggestions section.