Books with author Dot Barlowe

Rugged mountain peaks, alpine streams, and heavily forested areas are home to the many plants and animals that inhabit the Rocky Mountain region in North America. Illustrator Dot Barlowe captures the area's beautiful vistas and wildlife in 27 accurately rendered, ready-to-color illustrations.Nature lovers, environmentalists, and coloring book fans alike will treasure this collection that provides detailed images of a hawk circling high above a mountain valley, a puma watching its playful cubs, a chipmunk sampling pine nuts, a black bear snagging a rainbow trout, and other creatures in realistic scenes — each accompanied by fascinating, information-packed text.

This accurate coloring book gives youngsters and colorists of all ages a chance to discover and learn about the many fascinating plant and animal species that make their home where the sea meets the land. Included are 42 carefully researched and rendered drawings: a seaside grasshopper, beach plums, a ghost crab, sanderlings, herring gulls, a sift-shell clam, a hermit crab, an American oystercatcher, a horseshoe crab, a mantis shrimp, a two-gilled bloodworm, sea lettuce, the common Atlantic octopus, kelp, a northern sea star, a frilled anemone, a northern horse-mussel, and more. This inexpensive coloring book offer hours of educational coloring fun, making it ideal for home or school use.

Artists of all ages will delight in filling this gallery of 23 floral portraits with unique hues and shades! This delightful coloring collection features beautiful drawings, specially printed with light gray lines that virtually disappear with the addition of colors for a perfectly finished, professional look; high-quality paper, printed on one side only and suitable for watercolor, colored pencils, and other media; and perforated pages for easy removal from the book.

A stroll through the magnificent natural museums known as botanical gardens refreshes the spirits while dazzling the senses. With this entertaining and fact-filled coloring book, nature lovers (and colorists, too) can visit 37 of these popular showplaces throughout the United States and Canada.Carefully researched and meticulously rendered illustrations range from the magnificent topiary sculptures at Green Animals in Portsmouth, Rhode Island to the lush palms of Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, Florida. Other splendid sites include the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York; Longwood Gardens in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania; the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.; the gardens at Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg and Monticello; the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx; Boyce-Thompson Southwestern Arboretum in Superior, Arizona; the Royal Botanical Garden in Hamilton, Ontario; and more.Each site is included on a full-page map of the United States and Canada and accompanied by captions that identify and describe each location. This collection of eye-filling illustrations is certain to delight naturalists of all ages.

From the ruby-throated hummingbird to the monk parrot and the great blue heron, this book features 23 realistic illustrations of song birds, game birds, waterfowl, and many other beauteous birds in their natural habitats. Add paint or other media and watch them take flight! This delightful coloring collection features beautiful drawings, specially printed with light gray lines that virtually disappear with the addition of colors for a finished, professional look; high-quality paper, printed on one side only and suitable for watercolor, colored pencils, and other media; and perforated pages for easy removal from the book.

If you like flowers, then you'll love this little book. It's a fact-filled guide that will introduce you to 12 different flowers that grow wild in fields, woods, and along country roads.Inside are brightly colored sticker illustrations of the Indian paintbrush, goldenrod, buttercup, jack-in-the pulpit, black-eyed Susan, New England aster, and six other flowers. You'll also find a fact-filled description of each flower with a space for a sticker. As you learn about the flowers — their size, color, where they grow, and more, you can have fun placing the stickers on the proper pages.

Nature lovers of all ages will treasure this collection of realistically drawn birds that inhabit coastal areas. Sixteen attractive stickers depict the black-bellied plover, ruddy turnstone, American oystercatcher, black skimmer, herring gull, common tern, and ten other feathered creatures. The stickers are great for enhancing school assignments, scrapbooks, and more.

Instructive, hands-on record-keeping guide for youngsters to use on hikes, nature walks and country outings. Place stickers featuring images of the birdsfoot violet, pink lady’s slipper, wild columbine, Indian paintbrush, and 28 other blooms on proper pages. Support text provides common and scientific names, facts on plant’s height, size, color, habitat, and other information.