National Audubon Society's First Field Guide to Weather.(Review)

From: Weatherwise | Date: May 1, 1999| Author: Henson, Robert | Copyright information

Weatherproof soft cover, 155 pages from the National Audubon Society and Scholastic Inc. PROS: Crisp, clean writing; colorful photos; easy-to-navigate structure. CONS: Photo selection uneven; some topics omitted. AVAILABLE FROM: Scholastic, Inc. 1-800-724-6527, press option 3. PRICE: $10.95 soft cover; $17.95 hardback.

Field guides, the handy, pocket-sized guides to the natural world are spreading like kudzu across the shelves of bookstores. The genre has become so crowd...

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