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Books Especially for Teachers

Birds Over Troubled Forests, by Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, 1991.

Birdwatching, by Roger Tory Peterson, Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife Federation, 1973.

Coat Pocket Bird Book, by John Gilette, Lansing, MI: Two Peninsula Press, 1984.

A Field Guide to Birds, by Roger Tory Peterson, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

How Birds Migrate, by Paul Kerlinger, Mechanicburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1995.

Books Especially for Students

Amazing Birds, by Alexandra Parsons, New York, NY: Alfred Knopf, 1990.

Architects Make Zig Zags: Looking at Architecture From A to Z, by National Trust for Historical Preservation, Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1986.

Backyard Birds of Summer, by C. Lerner, New York, NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

Birdwise, by P. Hickman, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.

Children's Guide to Birds, by J. Johnson, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.

Ecology for Every Kid, by Janice VanCleave, New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

Everything You Never Learned About Birds, by Rebecca Riepp, Pownal, VT: A Story Publishing, 1995.

Feathers for Lunch, by Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace Javanovich, 1990.

For the Birds, by Margaret Atwood, Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 1990.

How Do Birds Find Their Way?, Roma Gans, New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1996.

Our Yard is Full of Birds, by Anne Rockwell, New York, NY: MacMillan, 1992.

Parasites, by Howard and Margery Facklam, New York, NY: Twenty-First Century Books, 1994.

Sky Dancers: The Amazing World of North American Birds, by Diane Swanson, Stillwater, MN: Voyager Press, 1995.

Symbiosis: Nature in Partnership, Nicolette Perry, London, England: Blandford, 1983.

Urban Roost, by Barbara Bash, San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1990.


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