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Grand Prairie Friends, in association with Amazon.com, recommends the following books. Following the links below will take you to the Amazon.com book overview page where you can read overviews, reviews, and other information on the book. GPF receives 5% to 15% of the sale price on all books purchased through this site. GPF also receives a smaller percentage (2-5%) of any other purchases you make at Amazon.com by going through our site.
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Miracle Under the Oaks by William K. Stevens May 1996 Paperback or Hardcover |
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold March 1993, Second Edition Paperback or Hardcover |
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For the Health of the Land Previously Unpublished Essays and Other Writings by Aldo Leopold October 1999 Paperback or Hardcover |
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Wetlands of the American Midwest A Historical Geography of Changing Altitudes by Hugh C. Prince December 1997 Paperback |
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Prairie Conservation Preserving North America's Most Endangered Ecosystem by Fred Samson, Fritz Knopf, E. B. Nelson August 1996 Paperback or Hardcover |
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Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie An Illustrated Manual for Iowa and the Upper Midwest by Shirley Shirley September 1994 Paperback or Hardcover |
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The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands by Stephen Packard, William Jordan, Cornelia Mutel April 1997 Paperback or Hardcover |
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Eastern Forests Audubon Society Nature Guide by Ann Sutton, Myron Sutton, National Audubon Society, Charles Elliott (Editor) May 1985 Paperback |
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Wetlands Audubon Society Nature Guide by William A. Niering, Charles Elliott (Editor) May 1985 Paperback |
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Wetlands The Web of Life by Paul Rezendes, Paulette M. Roy, Roy Paulet October 1996 Paperback or Hardcover |
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The Prairie Garden: 70 Native Plants You Can Grow in Town or Country by J. R. Smith and B. S. Smith 1980 Paperback |
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Gardening with Prairie Plants: How to Create Beautiful Native Landscapes by Sally Wasowski 2002 Paperback |
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Easy Care Native Plants A Guide to Selecting and Using Beautiful American Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees in Gardens and Landscapes by Patricia A. Taylor November 1996 Hardcover |
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Grow Wild! Low-Maintenance, Sure-Success, Distinctive Gardening With Native Plants by Lorraine Johnson, Andrew Leyerle (Photographer) March 1998 Hardcover |
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The Natural Habitat Garden by Ken Druse, Margaret Roach (Contributor) April 1994 Hardcover |
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Noah's Garden Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards by Sara Stein April 1995 (Reissue edition) Paperback |
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Planting Noah's Garden Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology by Sara Bonnett Stein May 1997 448 pages Hardcover |
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Paradise by Design Native Plants and the New American Landscape by Kathryn Phillips February 1998 Hardcover |
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Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers A Falcon Field Guide by Doug Ladd, Frank Oberle 1995 Paperback |
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Vascular Flora of Illinois by Robert Mohlenbrock 2002 Paperback |
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Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Identification and Ecology by R. R. Kirt, H. Tweedie, R. L. Simonds 1995 Paperback |
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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb April 1989 (Reprint edition) Paperback |
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An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants by Paul Christiansen and Mark Muller 1999 Paperback |
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Prairie in Your Pocket: A Guide to Plants of the Tallgrass Prairie by Mark Muller 2000 Paperback/Laminated map |
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Woodland in Your Pocket: A Guide to Common Woodland Plants of the Midwest by Mark Muller 2002 Paperback/Laminated map |
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Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie An Ethnobotanical Guide by Kelly Kindscher May 1987 Paperback |
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Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie An Ethnobotanical Guide by Kelly Kindscher, William S. Whitney June 1992 Paperback |
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A Field Guide to the Mammals Peterson Field Guides by William H. Burt, Richard P. Grossenheider May 1998 Paperback or Hardcover |
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A Field Guide to Animal Tracks Peterson Field Guides by Olaus J. Murie, Roger Tory Peterson January 1998 (Second edition) Paperback or Hardcover |
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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife by Warner Shedd July 2001 Paperback |
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Field Guide to the Birds of North America National Geographic Society by Jon L. Dunn April 1999 (Updated) Paperback |
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The Sibley Guide to Birds National Audubon Society by David Allen Sibley October 2000 Paperback |
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The Birder's Handbook A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds by Darryl Wheye, Paul R. Ehrlich, David Dobkin June 1988 Paperback |
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Lives of North American Birds Peterson Natural History Companions by Kenn Kaufman November 1996 Paperback or Hardcover |
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A Field Guide to the Insects of North America Peterson Field Guides by Donald Joyce Borror, Richard E. White April 1998 Paperback or Hardcover |
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A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America Peterson Field Guides by Richard E. White, Roger Tory Peterson April 1998 Paperback or Hardcover |
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Butterflies in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Butterflies of the Upper Midwest by S. Hendrix and D. Debinski 2003 Paperback/Laminated map |
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Butterflies Through Binoculars : The East A Field Guide to Butterflies of Eastern North America by Jeffrey Glassberg January 1999 Paperback |
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Dragonflies Through Binoculars A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America by Sidney W. Dunkle September 2000 Paperback |
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Wildfires by Seymour Simon Ages 4-8 1996 Hardcover |
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America's Prairies and Grasslands: Guide to Plants and Animals by M. D. Wallace Ages 9-12 2001 Paperback |
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A Prairie Alphabet by J. Bannatyne-Cugnet and Y. Moore Ages 4-8 1994 Paperback |
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If You're Not From the Prairie... by D. Bouchard and H. Ripplinger Ages 4-8 1998 Paperback |
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One Day in the Prairie by J. Craighead George and B. Marstall Ages 9-12 1996 Paperback |
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A Walk in the Prairie by R. L. Johnson and P. V. Saroff Ages 9-12 2000 Library Binding |
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A Walk in the Deciduous Forest by R. L. Johnson and P. V. Saroff Ages 9-12 2000 Library Binding |
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Bluestem Horizon: A Story of a Tallgrass Prairie by E. Lee and K. Braukmann-Towns Ages 4-8 1998 Hardcover & Cassette |
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Phantom of the Prairie: Year of the Black footed Ferret by J. London and B. Bash Ages 4-8 1998 Hardcover |
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Prairies by Dorothy Patent, William Munoz (Illustrator) Ages 4-8 1996 School & Library Binding |
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Fire Friend or Foe? by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, William Munoz Ages 9-12 1998 Hardcover |
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Butterfly Count by S. Collard III and P. Kratter Ages 4-8 2002 School and Library Binding |
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