Provides instructions for an assortment of science and craft projects that involve the study of nature and wildlife. Lists materials one will need for each project and includes color photographs and a glossary.
Simple text and photographs take young readers on a nature walk through a city, highlighting the different plants and animals that they can see even inside city limits, such as pigeons, trees, and squirrels.
Covers a broad range of science topics, introduces children to ecological concepts, research and study methods, adn provides an opportunity to discover nature on their own.
Clare Walker Leslie shares her journal entries where she has recorded her observations of nature on the streets around her urban home and in her travels over the last twenty-five years.
