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Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America
Jackie Leatherbury Douglass, Roger Tory Peterson, John Douglass
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 15, 1998)Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.
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Peterson First Guide to Seashores
John C. Kricher, Roger Tory Peterson, Gordon Morrison
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 15, 1998)This complete guide covers 317 of the most common and conspicuous plants and animals of the seashores, from jellyfish and kelp to clams, gulls, and whales. Species are grouped by habitat so readers know what they can expect to see along sandy beaches, in rocky tide pools, or in mud flats.
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Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America
Roger Tory Peterson
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Feb. 20, 1998)Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.
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Peterson First Guide to Mammals of North America
Peter C. Alden, Roger Tory Peterson, Richard Philip Grossenheider
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 15, 1998)Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.
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Mapping the Land
Daniel Block, Marta Segal Block
Hardcover (Heinemann Library, June 10, 2008)An introduction to maps and their uses, supporting teaching about places and localities beyond children's immediate environment. Teaches relevant KS1 and 2 curriculum skills in geographical enquiry and links with Units 1, 5, 6 and 24 of QCA schemes of work for Geography. Introduces and explains lots of key vocabulary to help children articulate what they learn.
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Peterson First Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North Amer ica
Roger Tory Peterson
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Feb. 1, 1998)Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.
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Reading Maps
Daniel Block, Marta Segal Block
Hardcover (Heinemann Library, June 10, 2008)An introduction to maps and their uses, supporting teaching about places and localities beyond children's immediate environment. Teaches relevant KS1 and 2 curriculum skills in geographical enquiry and links with Units 1, 5, 6 and 24 of QCA schemes of work for Geography. Introduces and explains lots of key vocabulary to help children articulate what they learn.
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Peterson First Guide to Dinosaurs
Roger Tory Peterson, John C. Kricher, Gordon Morrison
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 1, 1999)Features more than one hundred dinosaurs and explains how recent scientific discoveries have changed our view of the way these fascinating creatures lived.
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Peterson First Guide to Forests
John C. Kricher, Roger Tory Peterson, Gordon Morrison
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 1, 1999)This guide describes and illustrates the 50 different kinds of forest and related habitats found throughout the United States and Canada, from the boreal forests and tundra of the north to the mangrove swamps, desert scrub, and giant saguaro forests of the south.
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Peterson First Guide to Solar System
Jay M. Pasachoff Professor of Astronomy, Roger Tory Peterson, Wil Tirion
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 1, 1999)Budding astronomers--backyard or armchair--will learn not only where to look for the planets in the nighttime sky but also how space missions to the planets and their moons have increased our understanding of Earth, its atmosphere, and the moon. More than 100 spectacular color photographs, including views from the Hubble Space Telescope of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, as well as the latest Voyager photographs of Neptune. The latest scientific information on other solar systems and extraterrestrial life, charts showing where to find the planets in the night sky, and much more.
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Mapping the World
Daniel Block, Marta Segal Block
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Peterson First Guide to Fishes of North America
Michael Filisky, Roger Tory Peterson, Sarah B. Landry
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 15, 1998)The PETERSON FIRST GUIDE TO FISHES features 220 common and conspicuous fishes of North America, with full-color illustrations and a clear, precise description of each. The Peterson Identification System uses arrows on the illustrations and italics in the descriptions to make identifying the fish easy. Peterson First Guides are ideal for beginners.