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The immediate goal of Kids Care! is to help children formulate a plan of action to make a difference, and then to help them see the plan through to completion.

*Kids Care about Cats & Dogs: Kids begin with simple pet-oriented projects such as making cat and dog toys, and growing their own catnip or baking (and selling) dog biscuits.Then, it's on to creating a home pet care service, making "welcome" toys for humane shelters, learning games to play with cats and dogs for their excercise and companionship.

* Kids Care about Wildlife: Simple things kids can do to help animals in their own neighborhoods or backyards including making removable stick-on window art to protect birds, building birdhouses for birds whose habitat is threatened, and grwoing sunflowers for wildlife.

* Kids Care about People: Simple things to help others feel more comfortable in new surroundings, helping older people with day-to-day chores, learning to listen, making cards and small gifts to bring good cheer, helping kids who miss a lot of school, how to hold fundraisers, food and blanket drives.

* Kids Care about Environment: Kids make everything from useful (and funny) recycle bins to door "snakes" and rain catchers. ... Read more

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Teaching kids to care
We talk a lot about wanting our children to care about others and our environment. Kids Care is a hands-on way to help children, not only learning to care for others, but provides activities for them to show others that they do care. Children learn much better from doing rather than being told they should feel a certain way. Materials for the activities are readily available in their homes. Children learn that helping others is a feel-good experience. This book is a wonderful resource for all parents and teachers. ... Read more

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Fascinating collection of 22 accurately outlined stencils helps youngsters recognize and identify many of the animals currently on the endangered species list, among them the cheetah, California condor, polar bear, green turtle, mountain gorilla, giant panda, Komodo dragon and 15 others. No scissors needed.
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These charming cards with their interesting three-dimensional and pop-up qualities deal with the beauties and wildlife of the British countryside. The animals, birds, insects, flowers and trees are all presented in imaginative ways on cards which are fun to make. ... Read more

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The quintessential A-Z guide, this is a book that anyone interested in birds will want to have close at hand. First published more than twenty years ago, this highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated. It captures the fundamental details as well as the immense fascination of North American bird life in a style that is authoritative, yet fresh, witty, and eminently readable.

Both a practical handbook for amateurs and a handy reference for seasoned birders, it provides accounts of the basic elements of birdlife, as well as a wealth of easy-to-access information on such subjects as bird physiology and anatomy, terms and jargon, name definitions and etymology, and ornithological groupings.

Readers will discover everything from the color of a dipper's eggs (glossy, white, and unmarked) to the number of species of woodpeckers in the world (216). They will also find more than one hundred of the best-known and most colorful colloquial names for birds, alphabetized and briefly defined. Collective nouns relating to birdlife--for example, "an exaltation of larks"--are included in the "Nouns of Assemblage" section. Biographical sketches of persons responsible for describing or naming a significant number of North American species are also included, as well as handsome and accurate illustrations by Gordon Morrison. And for those who want to go beyond reading about their favorite birds and take to the great outdoors, the book offers still more useful information: descriptive entries on a selection of the best-known birdwatching spots of North America. ... Read more

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Great Book!
Wasn't quite what I expected -- I thought I could look up "Stellar's Jay" and find a discussion of the Stellar's nesting habits.The book is organized around general topics, such as "nesting behavior", and within each topic you may find references to specific birds.That said, it's a great addition to my modest birding library. ... Read more

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Ansel Adams' black-and-white photographs of the American wilderness are among the best-known and best-loved images in our history.This handsome address book features a selection of his most famous images of the Sierra Nevada and the American West.With an elegant design by Pentagram, The Ansel Adams Address Bookwill appeal to the legions of people who have for so many years enjoyed his books, posters, and calendars.With tabbed vellum alphabet dividers, each followed by two different Ansel Adams photographs, The Ansel Adams Address Bookoffers plentiful address pages with ample space for names and addresses (street and e-mail) as well as telephone and fax numbers, and a concealed spiral binding that allows the book to lie flat when open, creating a durable and useful keepsake.

As always, the production and printing was supervised by the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust to ensure a book of the highest quality. ... Read more

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Good Value
This address book was a great value and the pictures were very nice.You would think that a book like this would cost much more than it did.

Will last for years
I like this address book! Beautiful photos, plenty of pages and quality paper make it a nice experience to be searching for a phone number or address. I sometimes end up browsing through just to see the photos.

Ansel Adams Address Book
Very nice.Great pictures at each "letter".Would like to have had a
cell number" spot.Wish they would have given dimensions - 9"x7" a little larger than I would have preferred.

The Ansel Adams Address Book
This is a beautiful address book and the spaces are large enough for email and cell phone too.I love it.

Beautiful and efficient address book
A good address book is a lot harder to come by than one would expect.This book mixed the beautiful artwork of Ansel Adams with a sturdy address book.The pages were ample so one will not run short on space for entries. ... Read more

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Your child will spend hours of fun with their favourite animals: ducklings, puppy, and cuddly tiger cub, while you can be confident that they will be learning as they play. "My First Puzzles - Animal" is a curriculum-based puzzle game that teaches visual recognition and manual dexterity. Watch your child's language, maths and motor skills grow! ... Read more

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Birds of Western North America: A Photographic Guide (Princeton Field Guides)
Totally love the big, vivid, beautiful photography. The great photo detail in this guide makes it easier to correctly identify birds in the field.

Great Bird Book
The book is very good - the pictures are beautiful.You will find all of North America birds, their habitat, and where they live.

Best Birding Book
I'm not a 'professional' bird watcher; I enjoy recognizing and following birds that I encounter at home and in my travels.This book is very helpful in naming birds unfamiliar to me.The photographs are so much better than artists' renditions in most other bird books because they are, well, photos.The characteristics of a specific bird are immediately recognizable and that's what I'm looking for in a birding guide.
Some reviews have seemed to quibble about one thing or another that to me are immaterial; here are clear and accurate images of birds.When we traveled to Arizona and came across birds that weren't familiar, it was so easy to pull out "Birds of Western North America" and identify them quickly.I like the small photos at the top of the page that help to quickly find a category of bird based on similar physical characteristics.
Sorry, I'm not an expert, but enjoy the book.Great comprehensive representation of western birds and easy to use.

Birds of Western North America: A Photographic Guide
This was the best bird book I've ever found. It has male and female photos and on the opposing page, all theinfo about the bird...+wonderful photographs of the birds.

hardcover problem
I just received both books!

I figured I would spend a little extra on the hardcover versions.

The spines on both books were coming apart. Sent both back today, with a quick glance at the photos.

Good photos, bad luck on the hardcover quality?

Where are these books made? ... Read more

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Photographs of this majestic animal in its habitat.12" x 12" ... Read more

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Handy Size Photo Field Guide
There are quite a number of photo field guides out there. I still use Kaufman, but this is getting a lot of use by me for warblers and sparrows. Shorebirds and gulls look good too, but have not put those to a test.

No book is perfect. This is a really good effort, but at times I prefer illustrated guides like Sibley.

I prefer this to the recent Stokes one volume, merely for compact size and easy comparison of related species.

Beginner birders are urged to leaf through East and West before buying or get a one volume book. Generally West is west of the Rockies. It is not very well indicated here. Sometimes a West volume may cover half of Nebraska. The East does not cover American Dipper, so no Colorado and West seems to be the rule.

Book Review
Excellent book - this is just what we were looking for!This book has excellent photos of both mature and juvenile birds as well as male and female.We have been able to identify several birds already that we were not familiar with.

Useful at times
The pictures are very good. While they are 'touched-up' a little, they don't make the bird look unrealistic.

It is not a complete field guide, as not all birds are in it.

The pictures may on occasion help you to identify birds that the artwork drawings of illustrated guides do not.

Going through each section of the book, I typed up a quick index of 149 entries in alphabetical order, and using photo scrapbook type glue, glued it to the inside back cover. It did not take long.

I used a 9 X 12 sheet of self-adhesive plastic laminate to reinforce the insufficient cover. A 10 X 13 would be better.

Princton scores.
This is certainly the best photo guide I have seen; the pictures are crisp and well-chosen.I have no misgivings about recommending is for a birder's library.But as a book to carry into the field, it has drawbacks.For example, there is no quick index (2 pager); you must plow through the dense, full index in fine print, useless in the field.The reader may have some trouble with diagnostic marks on the birds; I did,Nevertheless, I find myself using it frequently at home.

hardcover has problems
I ordered 3 books, 2 eastern, one western, both hardcover.

I returned all three, the binding was defective.

They sent me three new ones, all the bindings were defective.

too bad, nice pictures. ... Read more

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If you love the book, you'll love the calender!!
My daughter received 365 Penguins for her 5th birthday and she and her 3 year old sister absolutely love the book.When I found the advent calender online, I had to buy it.It doesn't disappoint.High quality and engaging, we will be using it again next Christmas!!

Excelent Secular/Nonreligious Advent Calendar
I purchased this for my niece. It was really cute her and my sister enjoyed it very much!

Modern Take on an Old Tradition
I've always loved the thrill of an Advent Calendar. Here is a contemporary take on an old tradition from the French author/illustrator team Jean-Luc Fromental and Joelle Jolivet who brought us the fabulous 365 Penguins. 24 Penguins Before Christmas is modern and fun and very European in its unique 3-D diptych format. The Calendar features the characters from 365 Penguins, and comes with a tiny little book, a page to be read each day corresponding to the advent window and the little surprise dwelling within. Amazon has it right now for a steal. ... Read more