Author(s): Dorothea Barlowe
No. of Pages: 48 pages
Date Published: 23 Dec 1998
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Format: Hardback | 48 pages
Dimensions: 205.74 x 274.32 x 7.62mm | 181.44g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
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Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

Wild animals in our midst come to vibrant life in this unique, carefully rendered coloring book from nature artist Dot Barlowe. You'll find 42 meticulously rendered black-and-white illustrations of creatures often seen in suburban or even city backyards. Included are a garter snake in a rock garden, two whitetail deer (Virginia deer) in a vegetable patch, a garden spider weaving a web among forsythia, Japanese beetles on a rose blossom, a box turtle in a strawberry patch, and chickadees amid branches of white pine as well as raccoons, slugs, honey bees, grackles, cardinals, gray squirrels building a nest, and a host of other flora and fauna.
Captions accompany the illustrations, identifying the subjects in this fascinating, fun-filled collection. Backyard Nature Coloring Book is sure to delight nature lovers and to provide hours of entertainment for colorists of ages.