The Young Naturalist's Guide to Florida (Paperback)

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Product Description

Take this book on your next walk in the woods with your kids. It's an enticing book for young readers. A treasure of information and suggestions on where and how to look for Florida's most interesting natural features and creatures. Discusses various careers in the environmental field and suggestions for how everyone can help protect Florida's priceless natural resources. Comes with glossary and index. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 195 pages
• Publisher: Pineapple Press (FL); 2 edition (December 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561643777
• ISBN-13: 978-1561643776
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #221,760 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My family really enjoyed this book!, April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Young Naturalist's Guide to Florida (Paperback)

My family really enjoyed this book because we learned more about what we see every day here in Florida. Since I am not a Florida native, I often had a hard time helping my young naturalists identify the plants and "creatures" they saw on our outings. This book has really helped! It covers a wide spectrum of topics: from weather patterns to Florida habitats to Florida endangered species. It also covered each (Florida) geographic region separately, and provided some interesting history too. I highly recommend this book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to Florida nature & history, May 1, 2008

By	Homeschool Mama "SAHM to 4 under 5" (USA) - See all my reviews

This is a very helpful and well written guide to introducing Florida nature to young children.

General Topics include:
-Florida's symbols
-Keeping a nature journal
-Florida's special places (everglades, salt marshes etc.)
-Flora and Fauna (plants, birds, insects, reptiles, exotics etc.)
-Florida's skies
-your part in Florida's future (careers, spaceship earth crew etc.)

Within each section you will find interesting facts and useful information (complete with clear illustrations), websites you can visit for more info, projects to do with children pertaining to that subject/section, and review of vocabulary words from that section.

Floridians will appreciate the opportunity to learn more about the nature around us that we often overlook, while Florida homeschoolers will be excited to have an extensive field trip lesson plan right at their fingertips!

This book is a find! I highly recommend it.