The Secret Signs of Nature: How to Uncover Hidden Clues in the Sky, Water, Plants, Animals, and Weather

By Craig Caudill

Book Overview

The Secret Signs of Nature will show you how to navigate through any landscape--forests, deserts, even your own backyard--through observation of the world around you

Put away your map, look up from your phone, and let nature be your guide.

Rediscover nature's hidden signs as you delve into the amazing science of natural navigation. Meet two young adventurers, as they discover the joy of finding their way using nature's clues. From worms, honeybees, and spiders to trees, flowers, and clouds, young adventurers are shown what to look and listen for wherever they are--whether in the back garden, a vast meadow, or the open sea.

Top wilderness trainer Craig Caudill shares more than 200 tips for reading nature from decades spent walking the land around his home and around the world. So, whether you're walking in the country, along a coastline, or out at night, this is the ultimate guide on what the land, sky, plants, animals, and weather can reveal--if you only know where to look

By opening our senses to the unfolding world of nature all around us, this visual compendium illustrated by Carrie Shryock can be enjoyed by all the family to transform the way the natural world is experienced.

"Created with graphite and digital tools, the detailed double-page illustrations are well composed, beautifully colored, and full of interesting details . . . An attractive guide to nature." --Booklist

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419759272
• ISBN13: 9781419759277
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6