A Field Guide to the Familiar Learning to Observe the Natural World A Field Guide to the Familiar Learning to Observe the Natural World Gale Lawrence Illustrated by Adelaide Murphy Back in Print A book for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the natural world. 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. This edition of A Field Guide to the Familiar, first published in 1984, contains a new Reading Suggestions section. April 288 pp.