Naturescapes : a Three-Dimensional Field Guide to Woods, Forests, Meadows, & Marshes / Shirley Felts & Jill Bailey

Felts, Shirley. Jill Bailey

ISBN 10: 0670820385 / ISBN 13: 9780670820382

Published by New York, N. Y. , U. S. A. : Viking Kestrel, 1988

About this Item

Fine copy in the original colour printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. In original publisher's protective shrink wrap. ; 0 pages; Description: 1 v. : chiefly col. Ill. ; 24 x 28 cm. Text and pop-up illustrations. Subjects: Biotic communities --Juvenile literature. Nature --Juvenile literature. Toy and movable books --Specimens. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Naturescapes : a Three-Dimensional Field Guide to Woods, Forests, Meadows, & Marshes / Shirley Felts & Jill Bailey
• Publisher: New York, N. Y. , U. S. A. : Viking Kestrel
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670820385
• ISBN 13: 9780670820382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis

Text and pop-up illustrations present information on deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, ponds, and marshes, and the plant and animal life which such natural communities can support.

Reviews

Grade 2-4--Naturescapes attempts to incorporate the pop-up book concept into a "field guide" for children. Unfortunately, it falls short of the mark on both counts. Pop-ups should be entertaining and/or educational, but Naturescapes' mundane and static pop-ups will not engage readers' interest via mechanical involvement. The four pop-up scenes contain no tabs to pull or even flaps to lift. They merely create a lovely three-dimensional foreground for the double-spread illustrations. A field guide is, by definition, meant to be taken outdoors for "field use." The pop-up format is too fragile and the book's size is too cumbersome to function as a field guide. Another shortcoming is the limited number of plant species which are illustrated and described in detail for each ecosystem. Although an identification key to each pop-up is provided, animals which are listed are not given any detailed drawings or descriptions. Thus, the book will be of little help for budding outdoor naturalists. National Geographic's pop-up nature series far outshines this weak attempt. --Barbara B. Murphy, Shaler Area School District Libraries, Pittsburgh
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