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Jim Arnosky's Nature Notebooks
Animal Tracker
Packed with tips, hints, and illustrations, Nature Notebooks encourage children to get outside and appreciate the natural world. Each book contains simple instructions for observing wildlife and urges children to sketch and write about what they see.
59 pages, Hardcover
First published April 22, 1997
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About the author
Jim Arnosky
162 books76 followersJim Arnosky was born in New York City, NY Sept 1, 1946. He was raised in Pennsylvania. Jim graduated from high school in Philadelphia and joined the US Naval Reserves. His active duty took him to Maryland and Bremerhaven, Germany.
In 1976 Jim and his wife Deanna moved to Vermont with their two daughters where they have lived in an old farmhouse for the past 28 years. 17 of those years were spent raising sheep.
Jim is self taught in writing, art and the natural sciences. He has written and illustrated 86 books on nature subjects and has illustrated 46 other books written by various authors. He has been awarded the Christopher Medal, Orbis Pictus Honor, ALA Gordon Award, and Outstanding Science book awards from National Science Teachers Associations.
Jim loves to fish, boat, and play his guitar. In his work, he uses a Betacam SP video camcorder with a 1600 mm lens to record the wildlife he and Deanna find all across the country.
In 1976 Jim and his wife Deanna moved to Vermont with their two daughters where they have lived in an old farmhouse for the past 28 years. 17 of those years were spent raising sheep.
Jim is self taught in writing, art and the natural sciences. He has written and illustrated 86 books on nature subjects and has illustrated 46 other books written by various authors. He has been awarded the Christopher Medal, Orbis Pictus Honor, ALA Gordon Award, and Outstanding Science book awards from National Science Teachers Associations.
Jim loves to fish, boat, and play his guitar. In his work, he uses a Betacam SP video camcorder with a 1600 mm lens to record the wildlife he and Deanna find all across the country.
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February 25, 2021
Noted picture-book author and illustrator Jim Arnosky explores the world of animal tracks in this appealing guide for young would-be naturalists. He identifies and diagrams a number of specific animal tracks, discusses how to interpret the tracks one finds - is the animal standing? running? - and how to record one's findings. The majority of the book is blank, leaving room for the child to record what they find, on their rambles out in the wild...
Published in 1997, Animal Tracker is one of four titles in the Jim Arnosky's Nature Notebooks series - the others are Bird Watcher , Bug Hunter and Shore Walker - which is intended for use by the child themselves, in their own nature study. The parts which contain text from Arnosky are informative, and plenty of room is left for the child to record what they observe. Although I read this digitally, and therefore didn't have a physical copy of my own to use in this way, I did head out to the backyard after reading it, to identify some of the tracks left in the snow. One of our trees is squirrel central in this neighborhood, we have a bunny burrow under the bush back there, and get visits from deer and fox, so I was able to find quite a bit. It's a shame that this book and its companions are out of print, but I would still recommend it to young animal and nature lovers, if they can track down an unused copy.
Published in 1997, Animal Tracker is one of four titles in the Jim Arnosky's Nature Notebooks series - the others are Bird Watcher , Bug Hunter and Shore Walker - which is intended for use by the child themselves, in their own nature study. The parts which contain text from Arnosky are informative, and plenty of room is left for the child to record what they observe. Although I read this digitally, and therefore didn't have a physical copy of my own to use in this way, I did head out to the backyard after reading it, to identify some of the tracks left in the snow. One of our trees is squirrel central in this neighborhood, we have a bunny burrow under the bush back there, and get visits from deer and fox, so I was able to find quite a bit. It's a shame that this book and its companions are out of print, but I would still recommend it to young animal and nature lovers, if they can track down an unused copy.
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