Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America by Rick Wright The Story Book of Science The dreamy shores of Marlo

The dreamy shores of Marlo

Told through stories and encouragement based on the authors' experiences--Sally Clarkson

She illustrated nearly one hundred books

Nature on the Doorstep reveals the simple pleasures of paying attention to the natural world in one's own backyard over the course of a year

and nursery rhymes

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America by Rick Wright The Story Book of Science The dreamy shores of MarloSparrows are as complicated as they are common. This is an essential guide to identifying 76 kinds, along with a fascinating history of human interactions with them. What, exactly, is a sparrow? All birders (and many non birders) have essentially the same mental image of a pelican, a duck, or a flamingo, and a guide dedicated to waxwings or kingfishers would need nothing more than a sketch and a single sentence to satisfactorily identify its subject.