Naming Nature
Guides to
the Great Outdoors
The Big Picture
NightWatch:
A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
Terence Dickinson, 2006
Q / 523 / DIC
Stars and Planets:
The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Solar System
Ian Ridpath, 2007
523 / RID
Sun Observer’s Guide
Pam Spence, 2004
523.7 / SPE
The Planet Observer’s Handbook
Fred W. Price, 2000
523.4 / PRI
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of
Every Known Atom in the Universe
Theodore Gray, 2009
Q / 546 / GRA
The Atmosphere
National Audubon Society First Field Guide: Weather
Jonathan D.W. Kahl, 1998
551.5 / KAH
An Ocean of Air:
Why the Wind Blows
and Other Mysteries
of the Atmosphere
Gabrielle Walker, 2007
551.5 / WAL
Defining the Wind:
The Beaufort Scale, and How a Nineteenth-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry
Scott Huler, 2004
551.518 / HUL
The Cloudspotter’s Guide:
The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
Gavin Pretor-Pinney, 2006
551.576 / PRE
The Earth
Geology for Nongeologists
Frank R. Spellman, 2009
550 / SPE
Guide to Minerals, Rocks & Fossils
A.C. Bishop, A.R. Woolley, W.R. Hamilton, 2005
552 / BIS
Rock and Gem
Ronald Louis Bonewitz, 2008
553.8 / BON
Gems of the World
Cally Oldershaw, 2008
553.8 / OLD
Fossils at a Glance
Clare Milsom, Sue Rigby, 2004
560 / MIL
Living Water
Water: The Drop of Life
Peter Swanson, 2001
Q / 333.91 / SWA
Ocean
American Museum of Natural History, 2006
Q / 551.46 / OCE
Guide to the Oceans
John Pernetta, 2004
551.46 / PER
Rivers of America
Tim Palmer, 2006
Q / 551.483 / PAL
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes:
North America
Carter R. Gilbert and James D. Williams, 2002
597.097 / GIL
National Audubon Society
Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
Pieter A. Folkens, Randall R. Reeves ... [et al.], 2002
599.5 / NAT
Guide to Seashells
of the World
A.P.H. Oliver, 2004
594.1477 / OLI
Shells
Paul Starosta,Jacques Senders, Paolo Portoghesi, 2007
Q / 594 / STA
The Land
Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
Barry Lopez, editor, Debra Gwartney, managing editor, 2006
910.014 / HOM
Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners
James B. Nardi, 2007
591.757 / NAR
Illinois Wilds
Michael R. Jeffords, Susan L. Post, and Kenneth R. Robertson, 1995
Q / 574.9773 / JEF
The Field Guide to Fields:
Hidden Treasures of Meadows, Prairies and Pastures
Bill Laws, 2010
578.74 / LAW
The National Grasslands:
A Guide to America’s Undiscovered Treasures
Francis Moul, 2006
917.8 / MOU
A Field Guide to the North American Prairie
Stephen R. Jones and Ruth Carol Cushman, 2004
578.744 / JON
Guide to Wetlands
Patrick Dugan, general editor, 2005
578.768 / DUG
A Field Guide to the Wetlands of Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 2000
577.68 / FIE
Flora
Botany in a Day:
The Patterns Method of Plant Identification:
Thomas J. Elpel’s Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families
Thomas J. Elpel, 2004
Q / 581.634 / ELP
The Sibley Guide to Trees
David Allen Sibley, 2009
582.16 / SIB
Forest Trees of Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 2006
582.16 / FOR
Extraordinary Leaves
Dennis Schrader, 2008
Q / 581.48 / SCH
Tree Bark: A Color Guide
Hugues Vaucher , translated and edited by James E. Eckenwalder, 2003
582.16 / VAU
The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants
Department of the Army, 2009
581.632 / DEP
Wild Roots: A Forager’s Guide to the Edible and Medicinal Roots, Tubers, Corms, and Rhizomes
of North America
Doug Elliott, 1995
581.63 / ELL
Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Identification and Ecology
Russell R. Kirt, 1995
581.744 / KIR
Wetlands and Quiet Waters of the Midwest
Torkel Korling, 2005
581.768 / KOR
Illinois Wildflowers
Don Kurz, 2004
582.09773 / KUR
Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers: A Field Guide to
Common Wildflowers and Plants of the Prairie Midwest
Doug Ladd, 2005
582.13 / LAD
Grasses: An Identification Guide
Lauren Brown, 1979
584.9 / BRO
Ferns (Illustrated Flora of Illinois)
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 1999
587.3 / MOH
Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World
Ian R. Hall and others, 2003
579.6 / EDI
Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois & Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide
Joe McFarland and Gregory M. Mueller, 2009
579.61632 / MCF
Lichens
William Purvis, 2000
579.7 / PUR
Fauna
Mammals of North America
Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, and Kenn Kaufmann, 2004
599.097 / BOW
Mammal Tracks & Sign:
A Guide to North American Species
Mark Elbroch, 2003
591.479 / ELB
Beavers & Other Rodents: A Portrait of the Animal World
Paul Sterry, 1998
Q / 599.35 / STE
North American Tree Squirrels
Michael A. Steele and John L. Koprowski, 2001
599.36 / STE
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
Roger Tory Peterson; with contributions from Michael DiGiorgio and others, 2008
598.097 / PET
Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide
Audubon; Peter Frances, editor; contributors, BirdLife International, David Burnie, 2007
Q / 598 / BIR
Birds of Illinois
Sheryl DeVore, Steven D. Bailey, Gregory Kennedy; with contributions from Chris Fisher and Andy Bezener, 2004
598.09773 / DEV
Egg & Nest
Rosamond Purcell, Linnea S. Hall, René Corado, 2008
598.25 / PUR
Bird Nests
Sharon A. Cohen, text; photography by Gerry Ellis, 1993
598.2 / COH
The Cold-Blooded
Life in the Undergrowth
David Attenborough, 2005
592 / ATT
Firefly Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians
Tim Halliday and Kraig Adler, editors, 2002
597.9 / FIR
Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois
Christopher A. Phillips, Ronald A. Brandon,
Edward O. Moll, 1999
597.8 / PHI
Amphibians:
The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts
Robert Hofrichter, editor, 2000
Q / 597.8 / AMP
The Frogs and Toads of North America: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification, Behavior, and Calls
Ian R. Hall and others, 2003
579.6 / EDI
The New Encyclopedia of Snakes
Chris Mattison, 2007
Q / 597.96 / MAT
Snakes of the United States and Canada
Carl H. Ernst, Evelyn M. Ernst, 2003
597.96 / ERN
Insects & Spiders
Spiders: The Ultimate Predators
Stephen Dalton, 2008
595.44 / DAL
A Guide to the Common Spiders of Illinois
Bennett Moulder, 1992
658.022 / STE
500 Insects: A Visual Reference
Stephen A. Marshall, 2008
595.7 / MAR
A Walk Around the Pond: Insects In and Over the Water
Gilbert Waldbauer, 2006
595.7 / WAL
The Dancing Bees:
An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee
Karl von Frisch, 1966
595.7 / F
Dragonflies
Cynthia Berger, 2004
595.733 / BER
The Lives of Ants
Laurent Keller and Élisabeth Gordon, 2009
595.796 / KEL
500 Butterflies: Butterflies
from Around the World
TKen Preston-Mafham, 2007
595.789 / PRE
Field Guide to
Butterflies of Illinois
John K. Bouseman,
James G. Sternburg, 2001
595.789 / BOU
Field Guide to Silkmoths of Illinois
John K. Bouseman, James G. Sternburg, 2002
595.78 / BOU