OXFORD NATURE CLUE BOOKS

A series of interactive field guides for children aged 9+ developed for Oxford University Press.

Key features

Each title includes a unique Clues and Identification system for naming common plants and animals
Gives practical advice on where to look for and how to find all kinds of wildlife
Includes projects for children to do at home, in school and outdoors
Beautifully illustrated by specialist wildlife artists
Based on the highly successful Oxford Clue Books
Pocket-book format for ease of use
Includes all common animals and plants of N.W. Europe but easily adapted to other regions.
Multimedia products based on the series are under consideration

Specifications

Format: 190 x 125 mm upright
Pages: 96
Words: 5000 words
Illustrations: more than 100
Printing/binding: 4 colours, hardback/paperback

Contents (for Insect and other small land animals title)

Pages
1-3	Prelims
4-13	INTRODUCTORY SECTION Explains how the Clue Section works (like a computer flowchart), and how it leads to the Clues and Identification sections. Includes information on fieldwork.
14- 27	CLUE SECTION Step-by-step, logical sequence of visual clues and how to interpret them. Leads to the Identification section.
28- 85	IDENTIFICATION SECTION Fact Files and Colour Plates dealing with each of the major groups of insects and other land animals without backbones. Here the reader finds background information and illustrations allowing him or her to identify a species.
86-93	PRACTICAL SECTION Collecting specimens, Rearing specimens, Keeping Records, Further reading, Index

Titles in the series

Freshwater Animals
Seashore Animals
Insects and other small land animals
Birds
Flowers
Flowerless Plants

Produced in association with Oxford University Press Children's Books in the UK.

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