The Nature Treasury.The Nature Treasury Lizann Flatt Maple Tree Press c/o Publishers Group West 1700-4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 1897066422 $16.95 mapletreepress.com Featuring the superb illustrations from Allan Cormack and Deborah Drew-Brook, The Nature Treasury: A First Look At The Natural World by Lizann Flatt is a simply outstanding collection of information on many of animals and plants that are a part of the natural world. Offering an introduction to a multitude of animals and plants ranging from the lemming lemming, name for several species of mouselike rodents related to the voles. All live in arctic or northern regions, inhabiting tundra or open meadows. They frequently nest in underground burrows, particularly in winter, although they do not hibernate. , the river otter, and the blue crab blue crab, common name for a crustacean, Callinectes sapidus, found on the S Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America. The blue crab is a member of the family of swimming crabs known as the Portunidae and is characterized by a broad, semitriangular carapace , to the ground squirrel ground squirrel, name applied to certain terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family. In North America the name refers to members of the genus Citellus and sometimes to the closely related genera Tamias (chipmunk), Cynomys (prairie dog), and , the mountain ash Mountain Ash, town, Wales Mountain Ash, Welsh Aberpennar, town (1981 pop. 26,231), Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales. A former mining community, it depended upon the great coal mines nearby, which were developed in the 19th cent. tree, and the pronghorn antelope pronghorn antelope a fast-moving, wild North American ruminant with hollow core, branched horns which shed their outer sheath each year. Called also Antilocapra americana. , The Nature Treasury offers an introductory education to the wildlife and wildlife habitats. Featuring a glossary that will help parents and teachers answer questions that children may have as they read this outstanding book, The Nature Treasury is very strongly recommended for all children's library reference and nature exploration collections, and is specifically appropriate for elementary school children as a "first reader" with respect to nature's world from the Amazon rain forest to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. |
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