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For the Birds
The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
By THOMAS, Peggy
- ISBN
- 978-1-59078-764-9
- Publisher
- Boyds Mills Calkins Creek
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 3–5—Lifetime bird enthusiast and eventual author of numerous field guides, Peterson makes an impressive subject in this picture-book biography. Thomas starts with her subject's youth (he loved the outdoors and preferred the company of animals to other children) and follows chronologically to his death at 87 in 1996. The text is clear and lively. As a boy he went to his town's city hall to explain that he could not possibly be home by the 8:45 cur...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Thomas provides a wordy but fact-filled narrative about the life of naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, creator of the pioneering <i>Fiel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on February 1, 2012
A lively, inspiring story. Roger Tory Peterson’s childhood fascination with nature led to his long and successful career as a naturalist, artist, teacher, and conservationist. Peterson’s pocket-sized field guide, published in 1934, changed the way people identified birds: “His descriptions were clear and . . . brief . . . emphasiz[ing] what birders needed to know right there in that moment.” Readers will b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
