Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Feathers: Poems About Birds
de Eileen Spinelli(Ed. Henry Holt Company) Isbn : 0805067132
16.1 €
Gr. 1-3. This poetry collection features 27 short, rhyming poems, each written about a different species and brightly illustrated on a single- or double-page spread. Some of the verses are addressed to a particular bird, while others make observations or provide information about it. In a few cases, readers may be left wondering if the words in the rhymed verse represent fact or fancy, as in "Playful toucan / plucks a berry / tosses it / to toucan two." In most cases, these questions are answered in the appended notes, which also give a few miscellaneous facts about each bird mentioned. McCue's accessible watercolor-and-acrylic paintings often show the birds in action. Third-grade readers will be able to read the poems on their own; however, younger children may enjoy hearing them read alo...

Cradles in the Trees: The Story of Bird Nests
de Patricia Brennan Demuth, Suzanne Barnes(Ed. Prentice Hall IBD) Isbn : 0027284662
11.8 €
Gr. 1-3. Demuth works effectively to show the variety of materials and skills that birds use to create special nests appropriate for sheltering their young. The watercolor-and-pencil artwork makes an already clear text clearer, and the pages are well designed, with the illustrations close to the descriptions. Demuth also gives careful and correct advice on nest collecting. The book will inspire specific projects as well as a sense of wonder--children will be less likely to take bird nests for granted. Mary Harris Veeder

How Birds Fly
de Nick Williams(Ed. Cherrytree Books) Isbn : 0761404546
11.22 €
Gr 3-5--These brief series entries take one particular aspect of an animal, albeit the most critical and distinctive one, and expand upon general material that is available in other sources. Bats offers a detailed explanation of echolocation, explaining the external and internal physiological characteristics of various bats that allow them to navigate and hunt without sight. What makes this book unusual is the human aspect of the story as the scientific process of discovery is unraveled, and the fact that there are still mysteries about bats to be discovered is mentioned. Material about other animals that use echolocation is included, as well as the uses that humans have made of sonar due to their studies of bats. Birds takes a similar look at flight, investigating the internal and externa...

Making a Nest
de Paul Bennett(Ed. Steck-Vaughn) Isbn : 0817248935
23.04 €
Gr 2-4-Two attractive photo essays that are ideal for browsing. Each title is almost exclusively a series of full-color pictures ranging from small insets to full-page, with large-type captions that clearly identify each photo's content. The high-quality pictures are carefully chosen and well sequenced. The captioning is concise yet rich enough to leave few questions hanging. Changing Shape features butterflies, dragonflies, frogs, fish, and others; the various stages of metamorphosis are presented in illustrations that are interesting enough to keep the pages turning. Making a Nest addresses the constructions of birds, insects, mammals, fish, and reptiles. Polar bears resting in the snow (in ``daybeds'') and gorillas lounging on giant ground nests offer a fresh perspective to the idea of ...

Amazing Bald Eaglet
de Barbara Birenbaum(Ed. Peartree Books) Isbn : 0935343504
18.96 €
Gr 2-4-"This is a true story about an egg that survived an eighty foot fall to become a Bald Eaglet hatchling." Unfortunately, it is also a hodgepodge of anthropomorphism ("Just as the egg was feeling warm and secure "), redundant and confusing terminology ("eaglet egg," "Bald Eaglet-Egglet," "eaglet-egglet"), misinformation ("the smaller the bird, the more feathers it has"), and hyperbole ("Its unbroken landing on the ground had an impact on mankind and became recorded in history"). Birenbaum attempts to run the eaglet's survival story parallel to a separate narration that gives general information about eagles. Unfortunately, the author mixes the two together, creating a disjointed and confusing text. Small, color photographs and black-and-white line drawings are scattered throughout. Go...

The Traveling Birder: 20 Five-Star Birding Vacations
de Clive Goodwin(Ed. Main Street Books) Isbn : 0385411464
18.29 €
Goodwin, a Toronto-based bird tour leader and author of A Bird Finding Guide to Ontario (Univ. of Toronto Pr., 1982), here profiles 20 birding "hot spots," 16 of which can be found in North America and the rest in Spain, Britain, Kenya, and Trinidad. He provides descriptions of such birding meccas as southern Arizona, as well as lesser known locations like Reelfoot Lake (Tennessee). Several local hotels and restaurants are listed for each entry, as well as helpful information tourists should heed regarding a particular area (e.g., what noxious insects to expect). The result is more of a smorgasbord similar to George Harrison's Roger Tory Peterson's Dozen Birding Hot Spots ( LJ 11/15/76) than an inclusive bird-finding guide. Goodwin's colorful bird descriptions, written in a readable style,...

Golden Eagles
de Roy H. Dennis, Laurie Campbell(Ed. Colin Baxter Photography Ltd) Isbn : 0948661550
29.54 €
Golden Eagles is a collaboration between a photographer and writer who have each spent extensive time tracking and studying these magnificent birds. The result is a book that captures the essence of one of the world's most inspirational creatures. Laurie Campbell's specially-commissioned, distinguished photographs of the golden eagle in its remote realm are complemented by the observations of Roy Dennis who uses the knowledge gathered from thirty years of nature conservation in Scotland, and many visits to other wild parts of the world to recount his experiences of this great bird. Throughout history, golden eagles have been revered for their grace and beauty. Although hunted, they have remained a symbol of strength and freedom. Scotland forms the backbone of this story which follows and i...

Goat Bell, Still Sweets: Bird Dog (and Trail Dog) Stories
de William B. Trevillian(Ed. Van Doren Company) Isbn : 0967917956
9.5 €
Goat Bell, Still Sweets is an illustrated collection of remarkably evocative, sometimes poignant hunting dog stories and vignettes, dedicated to the memory of the author's beloved animals. If any accounts of hunting trips can appeal to all readers, including those who have never hunted, it would be Bill Trevillian's, with their way of drawing on universal emotion.

National Geographic Reference Atlas to the Birds of North America
de Mel Baughman(Ed. National Geographic) Isbn : 0792233735
33.26 €
Go to your shelf and take a look at your National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2002). What you'll find is a detailed listing for each of the more than 800 species of birds that one can expect to see visiting or living in North America. But what about birds more generally? What of the particular characteristics of grebes or finches or crows? How are we to understand the general ranges, overlaps, and connection between closely related species within such groups? Baughman, of the National Wildlife Federation, has brought together an impressive array of experts to create this useful and fun volume, which will be a welcome companion to the Field Guide. The volume begins with an informative essay on bird physiology, evolution, behavior, and classification. Each of the en...

Internet Guide to Birds and Birding: The Ultimate Directory to the Best Sites Online
de Jack Sanders(Ed. TAB Books Inc) Isbn : 0071353240
21.8 €
Go Birding on the World Wide Web ! This one-of-a-kind guide quickly puts the very best bird-watching resources of the Internet at your disposal. For both backyard birders and globe-trotting birding enthusiasts, this treasury describes more than 1,000 great websites, forums, and newsgroups--all related to birds and bird-watching and packed with information you can use to identify birds, hear bird songs, see birds in action, learn more about bird behavior and biology, plan a birding expedition--or simply surf for birding information on the World Wide Web. Descriptions and reviews of every site direct you to the wealth of resources on the Internet. You'll find everything from plans for birdhouses to guidelines on choosing binoculars, sites devoted to specific birds such as raptors, waterfowl,...