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Every one of these books is a favorite of one of Aullwood's staff and they wanted you to know about it. You may find some here that are new to you. Many are available in Aullwood's Bookstore. They are prejudiced toward the Ohio region.

Here are some of the Aullwood staff's favorite bird related reference works

The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds, by John Terres, pub. Wings, 1991

The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds, by Paul Ehrlich, David Dobkin, Darryl Wheye, pub. Simon and Schuster, 1988

A Field Guide to the Birds, 4th Ed. (Peterson Field Guide Series), by Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin, 1980

Field Guide to the Birds of North America 2nd Ed., National Geographic Society, pub NGS 1987

A Guide to Bird Behavior I, II and III, by Donald Stokes, Little Brown 1996

Lives of North American Birds, by Kenn Kaufman, Houghton Mifflin 1996

National Audubon Society Interactive CD-ROM Guide to North Amercian Birds, Knopf New Media, 1996

North American Birds (Peterson Multimedia Guides CD-ROM), by Kenn Kaufman, Roger Tory Peterson, and others, Houghtong Mifflin Interactive,

Here are some of the Aullwood Staff's favorite plant related reference works 

Biology of Plants, Peter Raven, Worth Publ. 1976

A Field Guide to Eastern Trees (Peterson Field Guide Series), George Petrides, Houghton Mifflin 1988

A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs (Peterson Field Guide Series), George Petrides, Houghton Mifflin 1986

A Field Guide to Edible Plants (Peterson Field Guide Series), Lee Allen Patterson, Houghton Mifflin 1977

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants (Peterson Field Guide Series), Steven Foster, James Duke, Houghton Mifflin 1990

A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter, Levine, Yale Univ. Press, 1995

Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, Lawrence Newcomb, Little Brown 1977

Orchids of Indiana, Michael Homoya, Indiana Academy of Science 1993

The Vascular Flora of Ohio series -- vol. one The Monocotyledonae: Cat-tails to Orchids, vol. two The Dicotyledonae: part 2 Linaceae through Campanulaceae and part 3 Asteracea (part 1 is in process), various authors, Ohio State University Press

Woody Plants of Ohio, E. Lucy Braun, Ohio State Univ. Press, 1961

Here are some of Aullwood Staff's favorite reference works for insects and other arthropods

Butterflies and Skippers of Ohio, David C. Iftner, John A., Shuey, John V. Calhoun, Ohio State Univ., 1992

The Butterfly Garden, Tekulsky, Harvard Common Press 1985

Butterfly Gardening, Xerces Society and the Smithsonian Institution, Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation, 1990

A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field Guide Series), Paul A. Opler and Vichai Malikul, Houghton Mifflin 1992

A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America, (Peterson Field Guide Series), Richard E. White, Houghton Mifflin 1983

A Field Guide to the Insects: America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guide Series) Borror and White, Houghton Mifflin 1970

Observing Insect Lives, Donald Stokes, Little Brown, 1984

Spiders and Their Kin, A Golden Guide, Herbert W. Levi Golden Press 1990

Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America, Amy Bartlett Wright, Houghton Mifflin 1993

Here are some of Aullwood Staff's favorite reference works for aquatic studies

The American Darters, Robert Kuehne and Roger Barbour, Olympic Marketing 1984

A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes (Peterson Field Guide Series), Lawrence Page, Houghton Mifflin

The Fishes of Ohio, Milton Trautman, Ohio State Univ. Press 1981

Pond Life, A Golden Guide, George K. Reid, Golden Press 1987

Here are some of Aullwood Staff's favorite reference works for a variety of different subjects

 After the Ice Age: the Return of Life to Glaciated North America, E. C. Pielou, Univ. of Chicago Press 1991

A Field Guide to Animal Tracks 2nd Ed. (Peterson Field Guide Series), Olaus Murie, Houghton Mifflin 1981

A Field Guide to Eastern Forests of North America (Peterson Field Guide Series), John Kritcher and Gordon Morrison, Houghton Mifflin 1988

A Guide the Mammals of Ohio, Jack Gottschang, Ohio State Univ. Press 1981

A Field Guide to Reptiles and Ampihibians of Eastern/Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series), Roger Conant, Houghton Mifflin 1991

Fossils of Ohio, Rodney Feldman Ed., Ohio Dept. of Nat. Res. Div. of Geology, 1996

Natural Heritage of Indiana, Marion T. Jackson, Indiana Univ. Press, 1997

Ohio's Natural Heritage, Michael B. Lafferty Ed., Ohio Academy of Science 1979

Turtles of the U.S. and Canada, Carl H. Ernst, Roger W. Barbour, Jeffery E. Lovishc, Smithsonian Inst. Press 1994

Here are some of Aullwood Staff's favorite natural history and environmental education source books

Animals Alive: An Ecological Guide to Animal Activities, Dennis Holley, Roberts Reinhart 1997

Birdwatching for All Ages: Activities for Children and Adults, Jorie Hunken, Globe Pequot 1991

Birdwise: Forty Fun Feats for Finding our About our Feathered Friends, Pamela Hickman, Julie Shore, Addison Wesley 1989

Bugs to Bunnies: Hands-on Animal Science Activities for Young Children, Chatterbox Press 1989

Everything You Never Learned about Birds: Lore Legend and Science Having Hands-on Projects, Rebecca Rupp, Storey Communications 1995

The Garden of Microbial Delights, Dorian Sagan, Lynn Margolis, Harcort Brace Jovanovich 1988

Handbook of Nature Study, Anna Botsford Comstock, Cornell Univ. Press 1986

Hands-on Nature: Information and Activities for Exploring the Environment with Children, Jenepher Lingelbach. Vermont Institute for Natural History 1989

Reading Nature's Clues: A Guide to the Wild, Doug Sadler, Broadview Press 1987

The Nature Scope Series, National Wildlife Federation

Sense of Wonder, Rachel Carson, Harper Collins 1987

Sharing Nature with Children, Joseph Cornell, Ananda Publ. 1979

Ten Minute Field Trips, Helen Ross Russell, National Science Teachers Association 1991

WOW - Wonders of Wetlands, Britt E. Slattery, Environmental Concern 1995

Here are some of Aullwood Staff's favorite natural history children's books for pre-kindergarten through second grade

The Caterpillar and The Pollywog, Jack Kent, Prentice Hall 1982

The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein, Harper and Row 1964

The Lady and The Spider, Faith McNulty, Harper and Row 1986

The Lorax, Dr. Seuss, Random House 1976

The Nature Hide and Seek Series, Knopf

Owl Babies, Martin Waddell, Candlewick Press 1992

Stellaluna, Janell Cannon, Harcort Brace 1993

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and many other titles by Eric Carle, Philomel Books

Here are some of Aullwood Staff's Favorite natural history children's books for third through sixth grade

The Amateur Naturalist, Gerald Durrell, Random House 1983

Eyewitness Books, Knopf

The Golden Guides series, Golden Press

The Life and Times of the Honey Bee, Charles Micucci, Ticknor and Fields Books for Young Readers 1995

The Magic School Bus Series

The Peterson First Guides series, Houghton Mifflin

A Spider Might, Tom Walther, Sierra Club Books 1983

The View from the Oak, Judith and Herbert Kohl, Sierra Club Books, 1977

Here are some of Aullwood Staff's favorite writings on natural history which don't fit in the previous categories

Basic Ecology, Eugene Odum, Saunders 1983

Biophilia, Edward. O. Wilson, Harvard Univ. Press 1984

Demon Haunted World: Science As a Candle In the Dark, Carl Sagan, Ballentine Books 1997

Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey

An Ecological and Evolutionary Ethic, Daniel G. Kozlovsky, Prentice Hall

Fundamentals of Ecology, Eugene Odum, Harvard Univ. Press 1971

Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold

Walden, Henry David Thoreau