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Concise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying aspects. Each animal is captured in accurate black-and-white illustrations, including pattern and print compariso...ns. A perfect guide for teachers, parents, hikers and urban adventurers.
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This handy book will help you find out what's making those tracks in the snow or mud in your backyard, or out in the woods. Using the detective key, you will be able to identify 66 different mammals found in Manitoba by their tracks alone. It includes detailed drawings of the ani...mals themselves, their front and back prints, stride patterns, and concise descriptions. A perfect guide for teachers, parents, hikers and urban explorers.
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This habitat-based guide includes unusual and useful notes for more than 100 birds. Its convenient size and full-page color illustrations make this guide a must for your backpack.
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More than 200 species of common West Coast birds grouped by ease of identification.
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The Knee High Nature series is designed for children to use with adults. These books by Pat Wishart and Dianne Hayley blend scientific information with examples of how we experience nature in facts, stories, poems, games, crafts and pictures. These enjoyable books are filled with... games and fun for adults who want to share the outdoors with children. A perfect resource for homes and classroom.
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Butterflies are fascinating little creatures. From the extremely showy to the deceptively plain, there is a wide variety butterfly species in Ontario and Eastern Canada. In this book, butterfly expert John Acorn and renowned illustrator Ian Sheldon aim to inspire readers and natu...re lovers to get out and get to know their local butterflies: User-friendly format, including a Quick Reference Guide for easy identification; Identifying features, wingspan, habitat and flight season for each butterfly; Butterfly biology and natural history; Detailed illustrations and supplementary photographs. With his signature witty, yet no-nonsense prose, John Acorn guides readers through the sometimes murky, always interesting world of butterflies.
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This visually delightful full-colour book features 75 recipes that reflect the regional cuisine of Alberta. The recipes also include folkloric, historic and anecdotal information about the recipes and the food products from which they are made.
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Container gardening is a flexible and fast-growing practice as popular with homeowners who want to accent a patio as it is with high-rise dwellers who want some greenery on their balcony. In Container Gardening for Canada, author Laura Peters overviews the best materials and prac...tices for developing healthy container gardens, as well as reviews an array of plants and arrangements that do well in containers under prevailing Canadian conditions.
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Well, maybe not 1001 tips, but certainly many hundreds of tips are featured in this collection of handy information all gardeners should keep at their fingertips. Divided into sections, the tips deal with seasonal gardening issues such as getting started in the spring, as well as... maintenance, planning and design, soil, critters such as pets and bugs, garden centres, naming, tools and choosing plants. The authors have written or co-written dozens of garden books and are horticultural experts.
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Bugs in the garden can be annoying, frightening, entertaining and mysterious. This handy little book features more than 130 bugs that commonly appear in Ontario gardens, the good, the bad and the ugly. Each illustrated account features species identification and life history, as ...well as a description of the bug's activities in your garden. Harmful bugs and beneficial bugs are identified, as are tips and techniques to get rid of them or attract them.
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