nature girl Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 We've done all of our research on creatures/plants we find online, but I'd love to have a field guide (at least somewhat portable) that we could use to look things up while we're still out, something colorful and simply written enough to keep a child's interest. Do any of you have suggestions of guides you've used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I like the Fun with Nature Take Along Guide for elementary-aged children. It is simple to use and very colorful. It is much less overwhelming than the Comstock Nature Handbook. We also like the individual National Audubon first field guides. http://www.amazon.com/Fun-Nature-Along-Guide-Guides/dp/1559717025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406733913&sr=1-1&keywords=fun+with+nature+take+along+guide http://www.amazon.com/National-Audubon-Society-First-Mammals/dp/0590054899/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406733948&sr=1-2&keywords=audubon+first+field+guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The Audubon First Field Guides are good. We have most of them. But honestly, I prefer local guides. Especially for young kids it's nice to not have to thumb through pages and pages of plants or animals it couldn't possibly be, because they are from a different area than you. Lonepine publishing put our excellent local guides. Their "Bugs of Washington and Oregon" borders on a living book, the author has so much passion for the subject. I hate bugs and even I like flipping through it. Their selection is the most complete in the Western states and Canada, but its growing all the time. I think they have a bird book and animal tracks book for nearly every state now. http://www.lonepinepublishing.com/cat/nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelaburke1000 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We use the Mac's field guide laminated pages here. There are different ones for birds, trees, flowers, bugs, etc. I love that they are region specific, so we aren't carrying around lots of things we can't use. Super portable and sturdy - I'm pleased and surprised at how much use we get out of them! Some times I'll remember a dry erase marker, and there is much excitement crossing off birds/bugs/plants we've spotted! Here's the amazon page if you want to check them out: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=northwest+macs+guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nature girl Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 I love the idea of laminated pages! I also remember seeing somewhere the idea of putting smiley stickers on the pages of bugs, etc. they'd found...I'm sure it must be so exciting for the kids to look back throughout the year(s) and realize how many things they've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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