Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature's FootprintsWhen children learn to recognize and read animal tracks they're actually mastering an ancient language of shapes and patterns--and gaining knowledge of the natural world. Acclaimed artist and naturalist Jim Arnosky has created a breathtaking and informative reference on the subject, filled with intricately drawn prints from creatures both wild and domestic, as well as large-scale paintings of the animals in their environment. Some of the art, labeled in Arnosky's own handwriting, even looks as if it came straight out of his personal notebooks. And best of all, many of the tracks are true to size, so kids can compare the trace left by a big-footed polar bear (whose paws act as snowshoes in its icy home) with that of a small bird. Adding to the eye-catching illustrations are four awesome gatefolds that display paintings of a bobcat, wolf, deer, and a variety of hoofed animals right next to their prints. Every spread has plenty of details on how to interpret the footprint, and the featured menagerie includes bighorn sheep and goats, chipmunks and rabbits, grizzlies and brown bears, horses and burros, domestic cats and dogs, and even slithering reptiles! This is the perfect gift for a budding naturalist, animal lover, or artist. Jim Arnosky has been honored for his overall contribution to literature for children by the Eva L. Gordon Award and the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for nonfiction. Many of his books have been chosen as ALA Notable Books, including Drawing from Nature, a Christopher Award-winner. Wild Tracks! is Jim's 100th book for children. |
Contents
LifeSize Tracks of the Deer Family | 5 |
LifeSize Tracks of Other Hoofed Animals | 11 |
Small Animal Tracks | 19 |
Canine Tracks | 27 |
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abrupt turnabout Alligator tracks AMERICAN LION ANHINGA ARMADILLO Arnosky's Bear Tracks Bear's Bird Tracks Black Bear Bobcat Booklist Bottom Buck rubs Buffalo Canine print Cat walking Cloven hoof COYOTE deep snow deer family DEER FAWN deer hoof Deer running DEER WHITE-TAILED dewclaws Domestic cat DOMESTIC PIG Feline Tracks FLORIDA KEY foot hird Foot footprints forefoot hind foot foufoot FOX RED FOX front feet heel hind feet show hind foot forefoot HOOFED ANIMALS hoofprints of deer jaguar JAGUARUNDI and OCELOT KEY DEER LARGE DOG large hind feet largest LIFE-SIZE TRACKS lynx moose MOUSE hind foot MULE DEER MUSKRAT naturalist JIM ARNOSKY North America PECCARY polar bears Pronghorn rabbits Reptile tracks retractable claws School Library Journal shape SHEEP skunks Small Animal Tracks SNOWSHOE HARE soft ground STERLING New York Tail drag TIMBER WOLF Toenails toes Track Bear Track pattern tracks tell Typical Canine Walking tracks WHITE-TAILED DEER WILD TRACKS wildcats