Great Lakes Nature: An Outdoor Year | 
| Author: Mary Blocksma
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2739402
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 350
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0472089293
Dewey Decimal Number: 508.77
EAN: 9780472089291
ASIN: 0472089293
Publication Date: April 16, 2003
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Does the world need another naturalist's field guide? It's a terribly crowded genre, but if the field guide in question is Mary Blocksma's Naming Nature, the answer is a resounding yes. Blocksma ordinarily writes for children, and her patient, warm-hearted explanations of why nature works the way it does are just right for the curious adult as well. ("I've been sharing my cabin with several hundred spiders this summer," she writes, "and I've found them to be quite retiring.") Blocksma argues along the way that we could all use some "natural literacy" to go along with the cultural literacy that's lately been bandied about. She's right, of course, and her book, which favors the Midwest and Atlantic Seaboard regions of the United States, is a lively start.
Product Description
Thus begins Mary Blocksma's ambitious quest to identify the flora and fauna of her Great Lakes home. With no big program, no particular organization, Blocksma sets out to identify her environment just a name at a time, a few times a week, for a year. Covering everything from blue moons and bald eagles to arbor vitae and lake-effect snow, this book transports the armchair explorer out of the living room and into the forests and wetlands of the Great Lakes.
A charming guide to the everyday but often overlooked ecological treasures that await the would-be naturalist, this book contains not just the names of plants and animals, but tips on buying birdfeeders, identifying spiders, and telling a blue jay from a belted kingfisher. Packed with helpful hints, novel trivia, and a useful "guide to guidebooks," Great Lakes Nature is sure to delight and educate.
Mary Blocksma is a freelance writer and artist. She has published more than twenty-one books, including Necessary Numbers, Great Lakes Solo, and Lake Lover's Year.
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Engaging and informative. January 9, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is an engaging read, light, yet highly informative. It is instructive with a fresh perspective on nature. You'll learn about plants and animals that you have probably taken for granted for years. Mary has researched to the nth degree, but delivers with a childlike sense of discovery. It will be hard for you to put it down.
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