Introduces a variety of animals, including lion, giraffe, kangaroo, and porcupine.

Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of mammals, insects, and other animals people often fear, dislike, or simply ignore.

Color photographs with brief captions explore the patterns found in nature. Includes spirals, stripes, circles, branches, and rays.

Text and activities explore various aspects of the earth, including rocks and minerals, forces that change the landscape, fossils, and the structure and movement of the earth.

National Wildlife Federations new all-photographic field guide to North American insects, spiders, and related species, is the most up-to-date of its kind, and lets both amateur and expert naturalists identify more than 940 species quickly and accurately. More than 2,000 close-up color photographs by leading nature photographers reveal the field marks that distinguish each creature, and the clear and concise text that accompanies each image describes...