Books with author Stefen Bernath

For centuries the cultivation of herbs has yielded fragrance, medicine, flavoring, and nourishment to a vast array of civilizations, including our own. Coriander, lavender, marjoram, saffron, thyme — all have proven to be plants of great versatility and beauty.Here is your chance to learn 30 of the most important culinary herbs, drawn life-size by Stefen Bernath. Each herb is displayed with its scientific name. You can color these herbs realistically with the help of the full-color illustrations shown on the covers, or you can use your own powers of observation and imagination. In either case, this book proves a delightful tool for recognizing and describing herbs.

See the beauty that transforms a backyard garden into a kaleidoscope of colors. Forty most important garden flowers — morning glory, hyacinth, delphinium, iris, tulip, peony, marigold, and many others — handsomely drawn by author Stefen Bernath. You provide the colors from your own imagination or observation. Caption for each drawing gives common and scientific names, usual colors, blooming season, whether annual, perennial, or biennial. Each flower is reproduced in natural colors on the covers.

Familiar symbols of endurance in the stark and arid landscapes of North and South America, cactus plants are able to survive for extremely long periods without water. This fascinating botanical coloring book spotlights more than 25 different species of these extraordinary plants, among them the Beaver Tail and Giant Saguaro, the Teddy Bear Cholla, Sand Dollar, Brain Cactus, and the peyote plant. Accurately rendered by nature artist Stefan Bernath, the plants are identified by their scientific names, along with common names when available.

Forty-one different species of the most popular tropical fish are here for you to color. With 26 different types of marine plants, the fish are all shown in their natural environment, engaged in characteristic activities, among them a male Siamese fightingfish blowing his bubble nest and two kissing gourami.Selected by Dr. James W. Atz, Curator of the Department of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History, these colorful and brilliantly patterned fish were chosen from among the favorites of tropical fish hobbyists, representing almost every group of freshwater fishes kept at home. Dr. Atz also prepared the captions, which give common and scientific names of both the tropical fish and the marine plants.

Rich variety of northeastern trees of U.S. is shown with 45 excellent illustrations of trees, including close-updetails of distinctive features such as fruit, bark, leaf, and more. Learn to identify White Ash, Quaking Aspen, Balsam Fir, Cottonwood, and other trees. Full descriptive captions. Glossary. All trees shown in full-color on covers. Introduction.

Weeds are not simply costly nuisances; with their often sinister beauty, remarkable adaptability and vigor, and their frequent medicinal, narcotic or nutritional uses they can be fascinating members of the plant family. The 45 weeds illustrated here by Stefen Bernath are typical, important weeds, likely to be found almost anywhere in the United States. Full captions identify them, with both botanical and popular names, and offer descriptions, habitat, and weed lore. Each weed is shown in full color on the covers.