Herbert S. Zim

An illustrated handbook of common fishes of North America, examining the characteristics, range, and description of twenty-two groups including herring-like fish, butterfly fishes and angelfishes, jacks, and sharks and rays.

A guide to plants which reproduce without bearing flowers, including a general introduction and suggested activities. Divided by type of plant: algae, fungi, lichens, mosses, liverworts, ferns, and gymnosperms.

A guide to mammals of North America that includes a description of each species, a detailed drawing of the animal, and a map locating his common range.

A guide to North American insects which gives popular name, describes life and reproduction cycles and feeding habits, and includes a range guide.

As part of the push towards mastery of the sciences in the early 1960's, Golden Book published this Encyclopedia of Natural Science. The subtitle on the cover of each volume is "A world survey of birds, mammals, insects, fish, flowers, trees, rocks, stars and all other fields of natural history". A typical page would have two or three articles with one or two fairly accurate color drawings. The tone was informative, not conversational. The articles were written at the reading levels for children between perhaps age 10 through adult.

An illustrated guide to the identification of 129 common birds in the United States and southern Canada, describing their physical characteristics and habitats. Includes a table listing migration dates and nesting and feeding habits.

Provides charts, tables, and instructions for the amateur astronomer on how, where, and when to observe stars, constellations, and planets. Also discusses meteors, comets, eclipses, and other celestial objects.

Sections on turtles, lizards, snakes, alligators and crocodiles, frogs and toads, and salamanders give information on description, habits and range for each species common in the United States.

Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

A guide to approximately 200 of the most commonly viewed American wildflowers, with 134 color paintings. Flowers are grouped by color.

Tells how snakes reproduce, eat, move, protect themselves, and make poison, and gives other information on their habits and behavior.

This book illustrates in full color 423 of the most common, wide-spread, important, or unusual North American species of Lepidoptera.

A guide for the identification of shells, including general information on mollusks and advice on shell collecting and study.

Describes the three types of lifting machines, the jobs they are designed to do, and the duties of the men who operate them.

Pictures of 140 common trees, identifying their leaves, fruit, form, range, and uses.

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