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48 pp.
| Scholastic |
February, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-439-17480-5$$17.95
(4)
K-3
In the same format as his Backyard Detective, Bishop uses photographic montage to depict a deciduous forest and its inhabitants. Flip the page from the stunning visual to find the streaming field notes running over the spread. Organized by season, layers of the forest, and life after dark, the book is visually alluring, but the merits of the book as a guide are slight. Ind.