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| Author: Scott Weidensaul
Publisher: Scholastic Us
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1175561
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0590054465
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097
EAN: 9780590054461
ASIN: 0590054465
Publication Date: April 1, 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
An excellent guide despite areas for improvement. July 11, 1999
This is, as the professional reviews profess, indeed a much more appropriate book for younger readers than the more encyclopedic, primarily textual guides on the market. The majority of hte book is devoted to a field guide of 50 different common North American birds organized by general shape and habitat (wading birds, ground birds, hawks & eagles, etc.). Each bird is shown in a large color photograph with two or three other similar species given smaller thumbnail photos and descriptions (adding another 125 birds). Although the guide does a good job of providing useful annotations by way or a map showing range and habitat by season, an identification capsul providing details useful in identifying the bird, and a bit about its behavior and diet, it misses two obvious points of interest, particularly to younger readers: a picture of a nest with eggs and a photo or graphic of a feather. Explorers coming across a nest or feathers and wondering what bird made it will find the guide of minimal assistance. Generally, a book well worth it. Hopefully, the next edition will be even better.
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