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| Record 601 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Foster, Steven and Roger A. Caras.
| | | Title | | A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants: North America North of Mexico
| | | Publication | | Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 366p. (Peterson Field Guide Series, No. 46). $21.00pa. ISBN 0395515947; 039593608X pa. | | | Description | | 90 animal and 250 plant species, including fungi; line drawings and color photos. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 602 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Kricher, John C.
| | | Title | | Peterson First Guide to Forests
| | | Publication | | Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 128p. $5.95pa. ISBN 0395717604 pa. | | | Description | | 600 common species of plants and animals found in 48 North American forest types. Illustrated by Gordon Morrison. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 603 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Kricher, John C.
| | | Title | | Peterson First Guide to Seashores
| | | Publication | | Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 128p. $5.95pa. ISBN 039591180X pa. | | | Description | | 300 species of plants and animals; color illustrations; arranged by habitat. Illustrated by Gordon Morrison. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 604 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Landry, Sarah.
| | | Title | | Peterson First Guide to Urban Wildlife
| | | Publication | | Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 128p. $5.95pa. ISBN 039593544X pa. | | | Description | | 250 species commonly found near cities, including microscopic organisms, fungi, plants, and animals; color illustrations. Illustrated by the author. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 605 of 6526 |
| | Author | | McManners, Hugh.
| | | Title | | The Backpacker's Handbook
| | | Publication | | 1st American ed. New York: Dorling Kindersley; Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 160p. ISBN 1564588521. | | | Description | | A backpack-sized guide to getting started, equipment, getting around, camping, and emergencies. Color photos and illustrations. It is intended for world-wide use, so while it identifies some edible plants and dangerous animals, the few species included are from so many areas that those sections are not useful except as a general warning. Other sections, on survival and equipment for instance, are more generally useful. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 606 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Mohrhardt, David and Richard E. Schinkel.
| | | Title | | Suburban Nature Guide: How to Discover and Identify the Wildlife in Your Backyard
| | | Publication | | Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1991. 252p. $16.95. ISBN 0811730808. | | | Description | | Covers about 350 species of trees, shrubs, flowers, ferns, grasses, fungi, insects, spiders, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals; line drawings; natural history. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 607 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Pielou, E. C.
| | | Title | | A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic
| | | Publication | | Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. 327p. $75.00; $20.00pa. ISBN 0226668134; 0226668142 pa. | | | Description | | Extensive natural history covering atmospheric and geological phenomena, plants, animals, etc; field guide sections identifying the most common or conspicuous plants, birds, mammals, fish, and insects. Line drawings. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 608 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor, Herbert S. Zim, and Paul R. Shaffer.
| | | Title | | Fossils: A Guide to Prehistoric Life
| | | Publication | | New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. 160p. (Golden Guide). $6.95pa. ISBN 1582381429 pa. | | | Description | | 500 extinct species; color illustrations; maps; geological timescale and other background information. Illustrated by Raymond Perlman. Originally published in 1990. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 609 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Wernert, Susan J., ed.
| | | Title | | Reader's Digest North American Wildlife
| | | Publication | | Updated ed. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1998. 559p. $29.95. ISBN 0762100206. | | | Description | | 2,000 species of mushrooms, nonflowering plants, trees, flowers, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals; brief visual keys; color illustrations; maps. Large for a field guide, but covers all major groups of living organisms. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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| Record 610 of 6526 |
| | Author | | Winchester, A. M. and H. E. Jaques.
| | | Title | | How to Know the Living Things
| | | Publication | | 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown, 1981. 173p. (Pictured Key Nature Series). ISBN 0697047806 pa; 0697047784. | | | Description | | Dichotomous key throughout; line drawings; includes background information on classification and nature study. Keys out all groups of organisms, from viruses to mammals, to the level of the order (e.g. rodents or conifers). Representative species of each order are illustrated. Revised edition of Living Things, How to Know Them by H. E. Jaques. | | | Region | | NORTH AMERICA | | | Classification | | Flora & Fauna | |
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