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John Audubon: Young Naturalist.


John Audubon: Young Naturalist

Miriam E. Mason & Cathy Morrison

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Written by Miriam E. Audubon especially for young readers ages 8-12, and illustrated by Cathy Morrison, John Audubon: Young Naturalist is a biography of the adolescence adolescence, time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person, falls approximately between the ages 12 and 20 and encompasses both physiological and psychological changes.  and young adulthood of famous naturalist John Audubon, whose talent for exquisitely and accurately painting birds and learning about wildlife amassed a great legacy that endures proudly to this day. Chronicling him from his early youth to when he met and grew close to the woman he would later marry, John Audubon: Young Naturalist features an easy, flowing narrative style steeped heavily in painstaking pains·tak·ing  
adj.
Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See Synonyms at meticulous.

n.
Extremely careful and diligent work or effort.
 research but also woven together with storytelling Storytelling
Aesop

semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10]

Münchäusen

Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit.
 flair. Now in a new edition, John Audubon: Young Naturalist is twelfth in the Young Patriots Various groups call themselves Young Patriots
  • Young Patriots (Basque separatists), Gazte Abertzaleak, the youth wing of the Basque political party Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) in Spain
 series of biographies and especially recommended for grade school libraries.
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Date:Oct 1, 2006
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