Includes selections from 58 naturalists and writers and over 200 full-color photographs.
Contents
The miracle of living things -- Life in the wilderness -- Microscopic multitudes -- The ways of insects and spiders -- Cold-blooded creatures -- Winged wonder -- Meet the birds -- The versatile mammals -- Green magic -- A treasury of trees -- The life of the sea -- Three quarters of the earth -- The seashore's many worlds -- Denizens of the deep -- This planet earth -- The poles -- Tropical odyssey -- The seasons -- Water on the move -- Our ocean of air -- Nature's mightiest forces -- Worlds without end -- Sun, moon and planets -- Beyond our solar system -- Invitation to wonder -- Some riddles -- Protecting our precious heritage -- Enjoying the world around us.
