Guides

This foldout fish guide is compact and ready for use as soon as you need it. Perfect for backpack, tackle box, or boat for instant access. Fishes o...

This foldout guide of North America's beloved hummingbirds is compact and ready for use as soon as you need it. Perfect for backpack, glove compart...

Learn to identify, collect, and prepare wild edibles!Step into your backyard, garden, or nearby green space, and harvest an abundance of free, nutr...

The flaming orange of the male Baltimore Oriole is always splendid to see. And the oriole’s familiar series of whistle songs pleasantly reminds us ...

This beautifully illustrated guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information on life...

 At the park, in the garden or on a walk, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Based on Jaret C. Daniels' best-selling butterfly field guides an...

Identify nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings inc...

The Perfect Birding CompanionEnjoy a variety of options for recording your favorite moments: Note which birds you see, and when and where yo...

Get the perfect guide to insects and bugs of North America! Keep this tabbed booklet close at hand at home, at the park, on your camping trip, and ...

The Stokes Beginner's Guides, intended for beginning nature lovers of all ages, offer a wealth of identification and behavior information in a port...

Beginning Guide to Bats. The Stokes Beginner's Guides, intended for beginning nature lovers of all ages, offer a wealth of identification and behav...

The Great Lakes’ watershed is the permanent or migratory home of over 450 species of birds, including the iconic common loon, whose haunting call c...

Enjoying Cardinals More will help with attracting and watching cardinals in your yard. Cardinals songs, sounds and behavior are described. Each 32-...

Use this unique journal for foraging and discovering mushrooms! Write down your finds and where/when they were found for future reference!  Product...

As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tall...

 Creatures that can turn from a caterpillar into a butterfly or a moth fascinate everyone. But there are many other interesting things to observe i...

People have been inventing constellations (shapes made by mentally connecting the astral dots) for at least 6,000 years. Celestial landmarks provid...

Children (and adults) will marvel over the haunting sounds of the African savannah featured in this companion to The Little Book of Backyard Bird S...

Your Definitive Guide to Petoskey StoneMichigan’s state stone is prized for its beautiful patterning, which is said to resemble the rays of the ris...

Encourage kids to get outside! The night sky flyer frisbee glows in the dark and is filled with fun facts and images to encourage children to be in...

Brightly colored flowers, rich soil, and delicious nectar, the garden landscape is a bug’s paradise. It attracts the ones we want to see—like bees,...

Teresa Marrone has been foraging for wild fruits and berries for years; now let her recipes guide you every step of the way in the kitchen! She’s c...

How to Feed Backyard Birds: A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids is the perfect resource for beginners who are young (and not so young) to discover the ...

If you’re fascinated by animal tracks, the practice of tracking,  or you love spending time outdoors and exploring the natural world, learning to i...

Tracking Made Easy – from the Backyard to the BackwoodsYou’ve seen animal tracks while hiking, camping, or even in your backyard. Now learn what ma...

Nature at Night takes readers into the lives of some amazing, glowing animal and plant organisms that use the phenomena of bioluminescence; biofluo...

It is possible to grow trees from seed within a decade - the secret is to know what seeds to collect and how to prepare and plant them. This book...

Each spring in the United States, old-timers and new converts to morel hunting appear in the woods in search of the elusive but distin...

Roadside Wildflowers is a pocket reference guide printed on laminate material and folds for easy storage and retrieval. Detailed illustrations of c...

Profiling more than 350 of the most commonly seen birds in eastern North America, this handy photographic field guide brings each species t...

Loons are truly wonderful, worthy of commemoration. Stunning to look at and personable enough to get to know, loons have captured our hearts. This ...

At the cabin or on a hike, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. When you see a bird of prey, flip open the labeled tab and browse real photograp...

Undoubtedly the finest guide to North American birds. The publication of The Sibley Guide to Birds in 2000 quickly established David All...

Individuals can’t save the world alone. But if millions of us work together to save our own patch of earth—then we really have a shot. How do we do...

The growing group of bird enthusiasts who enjoy feeding and watching their feathered friends will learn how they can expand their activity and help...

Turtles are among the most fascinating, attractive, easily recognized and loved vertebrates on the planet. Yet, of the hundreds of species worldwid...

Bees play a vitally important role in the pollination of native plants and agricultural crops around the globe. Common Bees of Eastern North Americ...

Dragonflies are as fascinating as they are beautiful. In this book readers will learn how to observe them in the wild and have them hover as close ...

Their beauty strikes us. Their mystique enchants us. Wolves, coyotes, and foxes are beloved, appreciated, and misunderstood. A sighting in nature i...

Rumble! Hiss! Squawk! Thwack! With just the touch of a button, readers can travel back 65 million years and more to find out what these 12 extraord...

This foldout guide is compact and ready for use as soon as you need it. Perfect for backpack, glove compartment, or kitchen table for instant acces...

This book will help you identify plants with fleshy fruit one inch in diameter or smaller found in Eastern North America. Ripe fruits are described...

Key to identifying non-woody plants in late fall and winter by the dried structures that remain after frost, such as pods, dried flower heads, seed...

Identify and collect rocks and minerals with the perfect guide to the Great Lake State! With this famous field guide by Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch,...

Find Your Way to Michigan’s Most Beautiful Waterfalls!Waterfalls create a feeling of serenity, a sense of restrained power. Their grandeur takes ou...

As incredible as it sounds, fossils are all around us, waiting to be discovered. Become a young paleontologist. Learn all about ancient life forms ...

Make your backyard more nature-friendly by providing habitats for the local wildlife!From the National Wildlife Federation, the largest U.S. nonpro...

Feed the Birds is designed as a resource for beginners and experienced birdwatchers alike. Covering 196 bird species that are attracted to backyard...