Jim Arnosky

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

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

Slick salamanders, speedy catfish, curious crayfish, and other creatures are featured in an illustrated introduction to freshwater brooks and streams.

Saddle up! Fresh from an extensive trip out West, naturalist Jim Arnosky returned to his drawing table bursting with scenes to paint and information to share. He evokes the excitement of seeing buffalo, horses, sandhill cranes, prairie dogs, rattlesnakes, and other amazing animals in their natural settings in some of the best paintings he's ever done. Called "an inspired teacher" by Roger Tory Peterson, Jim Arnosky conveys information and easy, useful...

Explains how to identify venomous snakes and their harmless cousins, where to find a 200-pound lizard, how to avoid becoming an alligator's lunch and features snake fangs, alligator claws, and turtle shells--all life-size! "Snake fangs, alligator claws, and turtle shells-- all life-size! Go belly down on the ground, eye to reptilian eye, with acclaimed naturalist Jim Arnosky. Through large gatefolds and marvelously detailed, realistic art, he takes...

Discusses the deer that inhabit North and Central America, including information about their life cycles, eating habits, and habitats.

The author describes and identifies winged predators, and explains why there are no feathers on a vulture's head, which bird is the deep-diving champ, and what makes an owl's wings perfectly silent in flight, in a text with fold-out pages.

Presents fish tales, advice, drawings and photographs, and personal stories about fishing, boating, and watching water wildlife, and includes information on fishing equipment and techniques, paddling, rowing, and motorboating, using binoculars, and related topics.