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Introduction and History

 
Miracle Under the Oaks
by William K. Stevens
May 1996
Paperback or Hardcover
Prairies
by Dorothy Patent, William Munoz (Illustrator)
September 1996
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding
A Sand County Almanac
and Sketches Here and There

by Aldo Leopold
March 1993, Second Edition
Paperback or Hardcover
For the Health of the Land
Previously Unpublished Essays and Other Writings

by Aldo Leopold
October 1999
Paperback or Hardcover
Wetlands of the American Midwest
A Historical Geography of Changing Altitudes

by Hugh C. Prince
December 1997
Paperback
  
 

Ecology and Restoration

 
Wildfires
by Seymour Simon
March 1996
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover
Fire
Friend or Foe?

by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, William Munoz
October 1998
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover
Prairie Conservation
Preserving North America's Most Endangered Ecosystem

by Fred Samson, Fritz Knopf, E. B. Nelson
August 1996
Paperback or Hardcover
Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie
An Illustrated Manual for Iowa and the Upper Midwest

by Shirley Shirley
September 1994
Paperback or Hardcover
The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook
For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands

by Stephen Packard, William Jordan, Cornelia Mutel
April 1997
Paperback or Hardcover
Eastern Forests
Audubon Society Nature Guide

by Ann Sutton, Myron Sutton, National Audubon Society, Charles Elliott (Editor)
May 1985
Paperback
Wetlands
Audubon Society Nature Guide

by William A. Niering, Charles Elliott (Editor)
May 1985
Paperback
Wetlands
The Web of Life

by Paul Rezendes, Paulette M. Roy, Roy Paulet
October 1996
Paperback or Hardcover
  
 

Native Gardens

 
The Prairie Garden:
70 Native Plants You Can Grow in Town or Country

by J. R. Smith and B. S. Smith
1980
Paperback
Gardening with Prairie Plants:
How to Create Beautiful Native Landscapes

by Sally Wasowski
2002
Paperback
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
Grow Wild!
Low-Maintenance, Sure-Success, Distinctive Gardening With Native Plants

by Lorraine Johnson, Andrew Leyerle (Photographer)
March 1998
Hardcover
The Natural Habitat Garden
by Ken Druse, Margaret Roach (Contributor)
April 1994
Hardcover
Noah's Garden
Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards

by Sara Stein
April 1995 (Reissue edition)
Paperback
Planting Noah's Garden
Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology

by Sara Bonnett Stein
May 1997
448 pages
Hardcover
Paradise by Design
Native Plants and the New American Landscape

by Kathryn Phillips
February 1998
Hardcover
  
 

Plants

 
Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers
A Falcon Field Guide
A Nature Conservancy Book

by Doug Ladd, Frank Oberle
1995
Paperback
Vascular Flora of Illinios
by Robert Mohlenbrock
2002
Paperback
Prairie Plants of the Midwest:
Identification and Ecology

by R. R. Kirt, H. Tweedie, R. L. Simonds
1995
Paperback
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
by Lawrence Newcomb
April 1989 (Reprint edition)
Paperback
An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants
by Paul Christiansen and Mark Muller
1999
Paperback
Prairie in Your Pocket:
A Guide to Plants of the Tallgrass Prairie

by Mark Muller
2000
Paperback/Laminated map
Woodland in Your Pocket:
A Guide to Common Woodland Plants of the Midwest

by Mark Muller
2002
Paperback/Laminated map
Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie
An Ethnobotanical Guide

by Kelly Kindscher
May 1987
Paperback
Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie
An Ethnobotanical Guide

by Kelly Kindscher, William S. Whitney
June 1992
Paperback
  
 

Mammals

 
A Field Guide to the Mammals
Peterson Field Guides

by William H. Burt, Richard P. Grossenheider
May 1998
Paperback or Hardcover
A Field Guide to Animal Tracks
Peterson Field Guides

by Olaus J. Murie, Roger Tory Peterson
January 1998 (Second edition)
Paperback or Hardcover
Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind
A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife

by Warner Shedd
July 2001
Paperback
  
 

Birds

 
Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic Society

by Jon L. Dunn
April 1999 (Updated)
Paperback
The Sibley Guide to Birds
National Audubon Society

by David Allen Sibley
October 2000
Paperback
Lives of North American Birds
Peterson Natural History Companions

by Kenn Kaufman
November 1996
Paperback or Hardcover
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
  
 

Insects

 
A Field Guide to the Insects of North America
Peterson Field Guides

by Donald Joyce Borror, Richard E. White
April 1998
Paperback or Hardcover
A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America
Peterson Field Guides

by Richard E. White, Roger Tory Peterson
April 1998
Paperback or Hardcover
Butterflies in Your Pocket:
A Guide to the Butterflies of the Upper Midwest

by S. Hendrix and D. Debinski
2003
Paperback/Laminated map
Butterflies Through Binoculars : The East
A Field Guide to Butterflies of Eastern North America

by Jeffrey Glassberg
January 1999
Paperback
Dragonflies Through Binoculars
A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America

by Sidney W. Dunkle
September 2000
Paperback
  
 

Children's Books

 
America's Prairies and Grasslands:
Guide to Plants and Animals

by M. D. Wallace
Ages 9-12
2001
Paperback
A Prairie Alphabet
by J. Bannatyne-Cugnet and Y. Moore
Ages 4-8
1994
Paperback
If You're not from the Prairie...
by D. Bouchard and H. Ripplinger
Ages 4-8
1998
Paperback
One Day in the Prairie
by J. Craighead George and B. Marstall
Ages 9-12
1996
Paperback
A Walk in the Prairie
by R. L. Johnson and P. V. Saroff
Ages 9-12
2000
Library Binding
A Walk in the Deciduous Forest
by R. L. Johnson and P. V. Saroff
Ages 9-12
2000
Library Binding
Bluestem horizon:
A Story of a Tallgrass Prairie

by E. Lee and K. Braukmann-Towns
Ages 4-8
1998
Hardcover & Cassette
Phantom of the Prairie:
Year of the Black footed Ferret

by J. London and B. Bash
Ages 4-8
1998
Hardcover
Butterfly Count
by S. Collard III and P. Kratter
Ages 4-8
2002
School and Library Binding
Illustrator went to several Illinois Prairies with GPF's Ken Robertson!
  

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