Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-Watching, Shore Walking
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Book Overview
With Jim Arnosky as your guide, an ordinary hike becomes an eye-opening experience. He'll help you spot a hawk soaring far overhead and note the details of a dragonfly up close. Study the black-and-white drawings -- based on his own field research -- and you'll discover if those tracks in the brush were made by a deer or a fox. In his celebrated style, this author, artist, and naturalist enthusiastically shares a wealth of tips. Jim Arnosky wants you to enjoy watching wildlife. He carefully explains how field marks, shapes, and location give clues for identifying certain plants and animals wherever you are. He gives hints for sharpening observational skills. And he encourages you to draw and record birds, insects, shells, animal tracks, and other finds from a busy day's watch.
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:0688151736
ISBN13:9780688151737
Release Date:March 2002
Publisher:Collins
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 7.3" x 9.0"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Interesting Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
My son loved this book. Very educational and informative about many outdoorsy type topics. Perfect for boys ages 8 to 13.
great learning tool!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I bought this book for my 5 year old grandson who loves to track animals. He is really enjoying the book. And it was in great shape, just as stated on the site.
Informative introduction to the outdoors
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Jim Arnosky's books about animals and nature are always exceptional and interesting for children. This is no exception. "Field Trips" is a wonderful overview of bugs, large wild animals, birds, and waterlife, and how we can observe and learn about these creatures. There are silhouettes of a large number of common insects, footprints of wild and domesticated animals and birds commonly found in N. America, and sea shells and shore plants. "Crinkleroot's Nature Almanac" (also by Jim Arnosky) provides a bit more detail about the same subject, but it seems to be out of print.
Fun book for 4 nature activities
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This book takes you thru 4 specific nature activities, using nature drawings & giving things to look for etc. I think we will enjoy this when we wish to do any of the 4 activities. It is not, however, a how-to book for general nature observation or nature notebooks, as I had thought. But the 4 activities are good -- bug hunting, bird watching, animal tracking, and shore walking.
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