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  • Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather

    Vincent J. Schaefer, Roger Tory Peterson

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Feb. 20, 1998)
    This Peterson First guide contains easy-to-understand answers to questions about the weather, such as why the sky is blue, what makes it rain, and what causes rainbows. The book also features 116 color photographs that show how to identify clouds, with explanations of what each cloud type tells about the weather to come.
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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 Insects of North America

    Christopher Leahy, Roger Tory Peterson, Richard E. White

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Feb. 20, 1998)
    A simplified version of the full-sized field guides makes it easy and fun to get started in the field. 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 Trees

    George A. Petrides, Roger Tory Peterson, Janet Wehr, Olivia Petrides

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 15, 1998)
    Now there is a guidebook to trees--one of the most popular subjects in the Peterson Field Guide series--for the beginning naturalist. The 243 trees are grouped into six categories by leaf type and arrangement, making it easier for the beginner to identify unknown species. 200 color illustrations.
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  • Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America

    Roger Tory Peterson, Jackie Leatherbury Douglass, 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 Caterpillars of North America

    Amy Bartlett Wright, Roger Tory Peterson

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 15, 1998)
    Here is the first and only guide to a subject of great interest to gardeners, small children, and lepidopterists: caterpillars, the immature form of butterflies and moths. This guide describes 120 common species of these fuzzy creatures. All the caterpillars, their adult forms and many of their host plants are illustrated.
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  • Stamp Collecting

    Neill Granger

    Paperback (Millbrook Press, Oct. 1, 1994)
    Explains why stamps were created, notes their values, and offers advice on setting up, building, and displaying a collection, while relating some of the interesting facts and figures of stamp history
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  • Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths

    Paul A. Opler, Roger Tory Peterson, Amy Bartlett Wright

    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.

  • Peterson First Guide to Fishes of North America

    Roger Tory Peterson, Sarah B. Landry, Michael Filisky

    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.

  • A First Guide to the Orchestra

    Alan Blackwood

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, )
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  • Stamp Collecting

    Neill Granger

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, Oct. 1, 1994)
    An introductory guide explains why stamps were created, notes their value, and offers advice on setting up, building, and displaying a collection, while relating some of the interesting facts and figures of stamp history.
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  • Peterson First Guide to Astronomy

    Jay M. Pasachoff Professor of Astronomy

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 2, 2014)
    The Peterson First Guide to Astronomy provides an introduction to astronomy for beginners, featuring photographs taken from the MESSENGER spacecraft and predictions for meteor showers, comets, and eclipses. The book encourages readers to go out into the field, using the maps that show the positions of the stars throughout the year as a guide. This edition maintains the easy-to-use condensed format of the original, and makes it easy to proceed to the full-fledged Peterson Field Guide to Stars and Planets for more in-depth information.