New Releases by Annika Bernhard

Fifty-one accurately detailed renderings include our national bird (eagle) and flower (rose) plus 50 state birds and flowers -- mockingbird and apple blossom (Arkansas), cardinal and goldenrod (Kentucky), and more. Free Teacher''s Manual available. Grades: 3-5.

More than 120 accurately rendered, ready-to-color illustrations offer an entertaining introduction to the plants and animals of the United States and Canada. Fact-filled captions identify the creatures and their habitats, including Forest animals: Birds, mammals, and insects of the woodlands, and their environment of hemlocks, spruces, oaks, and other trees; Wetlands plants and animals: Swamp vegetation, plus egrets, raccoons, and other denizens of salt-marsh ecosystems; North American desert life: Towering cactus plants and Gila monsters, kit foxes, prairie dogs, and other wild natives of the Southwest.

Twelve lovely images: black-capped chickadee, blue jay, house finch, Carolina wren, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, 6 other species.

Different species of common trees decorate the bookmarks in this accurately detailed, educational collection. Depicted, among others, are the quaking aspen, sugar maple, Douglas fir, weeping willow, sweet gum, and black walnut. Each marker includes a full-length illustration of the tree and close-up view of its leaves and seed pods.

Color meticulously rendered drawings of a variety of freshwater pond wildlife, including a painted turtle, white-tail deer, bullfrog, water celery, whirligig beetles, and many other species. 43 black-and-white illustrations. 6 color illustrations on covers. Introduction. Captions.

Forty-five excellent drawings realistically depict tribespeople of the Amazon Basin, as well as a number of plants and animals native to many environmentally threatened habitats. Fact-filled captions accompany finely detailed illustrations of a water buffalo, mountain gorilla, ring-tailed lemur, jaguar, giant armadillo, mangrove swamps, a bamboo forest, and more. Includes fact-filled captions.

Accurate, detailed illustrations of Virginia''s cardinal, New Jersey''s American goldfinch, Maine''s black-capped chickadee, Hawaii''s nene, and many others.

Over 40 carefully drawn, accurate illustrations depict salt-marsh environment typical of Northeast U.S. and Canada. Detailed renderings of clam worm, marsh periwinkle, clapper rail, American eel, marsh hawk, snowy egret, raccoon, many others. Descriptive captions complete this informative introduction to ecologically important breeding and foraging areas.

Fifty-one full page illustrations offer accurately detailed renderings of the national bird (eagle) and flower (rose), as well as 50 state birds and flowers. Identifying captions. All illustrations copyright free.