"A natural history guide for young children, presenting five categories of life in the Sierra Nevada mountains community: trees, mammals, birds, shrubs, and wildflowers. Lyrical descriptions and detailed watercolors accompany each commonly found species. A field guide for each category is included so that the the book can be taken along on outings and used to identify species"--
"A natural history guide for young children, presenting five categories of life in the Sierra Nevada mountains community: trees, mammals, birds, shrubs, and wildflowers. Lyrical descriptions and detailed watercolors accompany each commonly found species. A field guide for each category is included so that the the book can be taken along on outings and used to identify species"--
Joanna Howes is the director and teacher of a Montessori primary program. She has a bachelor’s degree in natural history and ecology, as well as a master’s degree in education. Joanna grew up in California’s Bay Area and now lives in Tahoe Vista, California, with her partner and children. Joanna loves exploring in the woods with her daughters, and you can often find her skiing, swimming in alpine lakes, and listening for birdsong.
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CONTENTS: 6 Trees 8 Quaking Aspen 9 Incense Cedar 10 Mountain Alder 11 Lodgepole Pine 12 Jeffrey Pine 14 Canyon Live Oak 15 Pacific Dogwood 16 Sugar Pine 17 White Fir 18 Mammals 20 Coyote 21 Chipmunk 22 Chickaree (Douglas Squirrel) 23 Black Bear 24 Western Gray Squirrel 25 Mule Deer 26 Shrubs 27 Wild Rose 28 Manzanita 29 Bitterbrush 30 Wildflowers 32 Lupine 33 Giant Red Paintbrush 34 Crimson Columbine 35 Woolly Mule’s Ears 36 Birds 38 Steller’s Jay 39 White-Headed Woodpecker 40 Northern Flicker 41 Red-Breasted Nuthatch 42 Mountain Chickadee 43 Rufous Hummingbird 44 American Robin 46 Glossary 47 Natural History Resources 48 Author’s Note 48 About the Author and Illustrator
