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Books with author Philip Whitfield

  • The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals: A Visual Who's Who of the World's Creatures

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster, Nov. 2, 1998)
    Written by expert zoologists and illustrated with more than two thousand color paintings by nature artists, this complete guide to Earth's animal life includes information like breeding patterns, common and scientific names, and conservation statutes. 50,000 first printing. Lit Guild Feat Alt.
  • Simon & Schuster's Children's Guide To Dinosaurs And Other Prehistoric Animals

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Sept. 30, 1992)
    An authoritative reference guide to the animals of the prehistoric world offers a chronological study of five different geological periods, with profiles of the dinosaurs and other animals who lived during each. BOMC.
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  • Animals - Birds

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Macmillan Library, March 15, 1999)
    Bird encicloprdia
  • Animals: 1

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Macmillan Library Reference, Aug. 15, 2000)
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  • Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Answers questions about evolution
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  • Animals: Reptiles: 3

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Macmillan Library Reference, Sept. 15, 1999)
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  • Can the Whales Be Saved?

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1989)
    Answers questions about ecology, endangered species, and the environment
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  • Why Do Volcanoes Erupt?

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1990)
    Explains how mountains are formed, if there are volcanoes on other planets, why the sunset looks red, and many more perplexities about our world
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  • Why Do the Seasons Change?

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1987)
    Covers astrology, the dodo, the lungs, body temperature, time zones, sleep, dreams, dragonflies, rabbits, seals, bees, spiders, turtles, frogs, comets, eclipses, and the sun
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  • Oceans

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1991)
    A guide to the three-fourths of the planet that humans rarely experience describes gargantuan mountains and valleys, exotic life forms, and other aspects of the world's oceans
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  • Gollancz Dinosaur Encyclopaedia for Children

    Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Orion Publishing Co, Aug. 20, 1992)
    With each one illustrated in colour, this book features more than 125 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Information is provided on their vital statistics and lifestyles, and five time-sections catalogue the animals, which are then grouped geographically. A focus within each section looks at a particular creature in greater detail, and panoramic spreads recreate different prehistoric landscapes, supported by annotations, maps and diagrams. The book is intended for home use or at school, for cross-curricular projects within the National Curriculum.
  • Deadly Creatures

    Steve Pollock, Philip Whitfield

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, May 1, 1996)
    Covers lions, spiders, cobras, poison-arrow frogs, piranhas, army ants, wolves, octopuses, jellyfish, sharks, and crocodiles
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