America's Wetlands: Guide to Plants and Animals

By Marianne D. Wallace

Book Overview

Discover the remarkable biodiversity of North America's wetland ecosystems with this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated field guide. America's Wetlands takes readers on an exploration of diverse wetland habitats--from freshwater swamps and marshes to bogs, fens, and ponds--revealing how each unique environment sustains different communities of plants and animals adapted to life in these water-rich landscapes.

Through stunning watercolor-and-ink illustrations and lively descriptions, natural science illustrator and writer Marianne Wallace brings wetland life into vivid detail. Each wetland type is introduced with location maps and two-page spreads showcasing the remarkable variety of wildlife found there, from great blue herons and beavers to cattails, cypress trees, dragonflies, and colorful aquatic plants. The book highlights what you might catch your eye along the water's edge or among the reeds, demonstrating the incredible diversity within North American wetland ecosystems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555914845
• ISBN13: 9781555914844
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great book for kids.

An important subject in an easy to read book that combines art and learning. Good book. Who said learning can't be fun?

Lively, fun, interesting

For a youngster this is the perfect introduction to an ecosystem found almost everywhere in the country. (Actually, I'm no youngster and I found the level was just right for me too.) The illustrations are a delight--and accurate; the text quirky with sound science and bits of fun entertaining trivia. If you're one of the few who doesn't have a wetland nearby, then you'll find some other books in this series that might cover your area (Prairies, Mountains, Deserts too)