Take a walk in the wild with Crinkleroot! Include useful safety tips for avoiding ticks, poison plants, and other hazards.

"Explore your own backyard with Crinkleroot as he shows you how to protect the natural world around us"--Jacket.

An introduction to birds one might see in the woods.

Introduces different wildlife habitats, including wetlands, woodlands, cornfields, and grasslands.

Presents labeled pictures of the author's choices for birds with which boys and girls under five should be familiar.

With Jim Arnosky as your guide, an ordinary hike becomes an eye-opening experience. He'll help you spot a hawk soaring far overhead and note the details of a dragonfly up close. Study the black-and-white drawings -- based on his own field research -- and you'll discover if those tracks in the brush were made by a deer or a fox. In his celebrated style, this author, artist, and naturalist enthusiastically shares a wealth of tips. Jim Arnosky wants you to enjoy watching wildlife. He carefully explains how field marks, shapes, and location give clues for identifying certain plants and animals wherever you are. He gives hints for sharpening observational skills. And he encourages you to draw and record birds, insects, shells, animal tracks, and other finds from a busy day's watch.

Observations by one forest dweller of the plants and animals that surround him.