Forests : a fact-filled coloring book / Bettina Dudley ; illustrated by Helen I. Driggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dudley, Elizabeth Corning.

Contributor:

Driggs, Helen I., illustrator.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees--Juvenile literature.

Trees.

Coloring books.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

125, [3] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Forests coloring book

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1989.

Contents:

Introduction

Part One: How Forests Began. What is a Forest?; Animals All Around; Nature in Balance; The First Forests; The Petrified Forest; Two Types of Trees

Part Two: What Keeps Forests Growing? Leaves; Fall Colors; Roots; Plants that Live on Air; Plants with Flowers; Plants with Cones; The Food Chain; Layers of Forest Growth; Wildflowers; How Old Is That Tree?

Part Three: North American Forests. The Oldest Living Trees; The Tallest Trees; A Northern Rain Forest; A Northern Conifer Forest; The Sugar Bush; The Pine Barrens; Holly Forests; A Live Oak Forest; A Bald Cypress Forest; In the Shelter of the Bald Cypress; A Mangrove Forest; The Red Mangrove; Kelp

Part Four: Forests from the North Pole to the South. The Taiga; The Black Forest; China's Bamboo Forests; A Living Fossil; Rhododendrons; The African Forest; Tropical Rain Forests; Forests of Ferns; Insect-eating Plants; The World's Largest Flower; Southern Beech Forests; Gum Trees; Koalas

Part Five: Forests for the Future. Forests Serve Many Needs; Protecting Forests from Disease; National Parks Preserve Forests; Gardens that Protect Trees; A Tree that Nearly Vanished; The Air Our Forests Breathe; Caretakers for the Earth; We All Need Forests.

Notes:

"Discover the Wonders of Life in the Woodlands"--Cover.

"Free Inside! A Ready-to-Color 17" x 22" poster of Forest Life"--Cover.

"Cover design by Toby Schmidt. Interior design by Liz Vogdes. Cover illlustrations by Helen I. Driggs. Interior illustrations by Helen I. Driggs. Poster illustration by Helen I. Driggs. Poster copyright © Running Press Book Publishers. Printed by Chernay Printing, Inc., Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. Typography by Commcor Communications Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page [127]).

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy 1 is "1" printing.

Running Press copy 2 is "4" printing.

ISBN:

0894717820

9780894717826

OCLC:

27098023