North American Wildlife: Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians Field Guide

by Reader's Digest Association

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762100354
• ISBN13: 9780762100354
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

If I could only keep one field guide with me, this would be IT....

My dad would occasionally bring me a book or two, saying "Kathy, I think you would enjoy this." He's been gone for 21 years now, and I have had to reglue sections of pages back onto the spine with PVA glue, but this little book remains the most valuable of all my huge collection of field guides. It has so many entries, and indexed by both common and scientific names; most importantly, the listings for each grouping are organized in a logical way, clustering similar species together so that you can easily find what you are looking for. One of my big gripes about some otherwise-helpful field guides is that there seems to be so little logic in their organization. This one is my favorite because it's not exhaustingly bulky. but so well-researched, that most of what you are likely to come across in your field wanderings will be found here - or you will at least have clues to locating it in a more detailed field guide in your library. They have illustrations of 34 native orchids, again, not comprehensive, but such a good representative sampling of the most-frequently found, and so well and carefully illustrated, that, again, I can give my full recommendation for this fine book. Thanks, Dad! : )

An Invaluable Resource

I received this book from my Mom in 1984, and in the arrogance of youth, assumed it would be simplistic or inferior (it was from Reader's Digest- gasp!). However, she had done her homework- The guide was well-illustrated, informative, and balanced in its presentation. It provided basic information that taught you to ID flora and fauna, showed geographic ranges, wildlife tracks/prints, and other bits of info that piqued your interest enough to encourage more in-depth research with other sources. It's still the first book I grab when I encounter a new item- a fox-like creature in the headlights, a tree or a wildflower I've never seen before- Would be a great resource for kids or older folks, nature lovers or book lovers in general- It's well-done.

The best facts and pictures of any Wildlife book published.

This book has the best fact-filled text and color portraits of any I have read. It includes over 2,000 plants and animals of all types. It is easy to read and research because each section is color tabed. If you wont to exolore Wildlife you need this Book!!

Excellent book on wildlife, wildflowers, plants and trees.

This is the best resource book I have found on the subject matter. All illustrations are done beautifully in color. The following are a few of the specific identification aids used: check marks for physical feature identifiers, symbols identifing habitat, maps displaying geographic location. The book is indexed by common and scientific names, is compact, easy to handle, an excellent reference tool and is good for leisure reading