Reading Lists Southwest Wildlife's Recommended Reading List Primary Grades 101 Questions About Desert Life, 1994 by Jablonsky, Alice A New True Book Opossums, 1994 by Lepthien, Emilie U A Night and Day in the Desert, 1991 by Dewey, Jennifer Owings A Pictorial Guide and Identification of Wild Animals of Our Southwest, 1983 by Wilson, Bennett A Walk in the Desert, 1990 by Arnold, Caroline Borrequita and the Coyote, 1991 (folk tale) by Aardema, Verna. Cactus Hotel by Guiberson, Brenda Coyote and the Magic Words, 1993 (folk tale). by Root, Phyllis Coyotes, 1946 by Bronson, Wifrid Desert Animals, 1987 by Carwardine, Math Desert Giant The World of the Saguaro Cactus, 1989 by Bask, Barbara Agave Blooms Just Once by Jernigan, Gisela A Desert Year, 1991 by Lerner, Carol A Picture Book of Desert Animals, 1991 by Glue, Joanne Here in the Southwest Desert, 1995 by Coe, Anne Watching Desert Wildlife, 1994 by Arnold, Caroline Alejandro’s Gift, 1994 by Albert, Richard A Heart Full of Turquoise 1988, (folk tale) by Hayes, Joe Wonders of the Desert, 1982 by Sabin, Louis Cactus in the Desert, 1979 by Busch, Phyilis The Living World Deserts, 1985 by Catchpole, Clive JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos Intermediate Grades 24 Hours in a Desert, 1991 by Watts, Barrie A Random House. Tell Me About Book. Desert Animals, 1992 by Chinery, Michael Animals of the Desert, 1976 by Johnson, Sylvia Desert Life, 1992 by Taylor, Barbara Macmillan Children’s Guide to Endangered Animals, 1993 by Few, Roger Natures Children, Opossum, 1986 by Dingwall, Laima The Moon of the Wild Pigs, 1968 by George, Jean Craighead The Wild Pigs, 1986 by Ahlstrom, Mark E. Vanishing Animal Neighbors, 1993. by Gutfreund, Geraldine Marshal Wildlife Southwest, 1992 by Skramstad, Jill One Day in the Desert, 1983 by George, Jean Craighead And Then There Was One, 1990 by Facklam, Margery The Changing.Desert, 1981 by Graham, Frank and Ada The Coyote, 1985 by Ahlstrom, Mark E. Kokopelli’s Flute, 1995 (folk tale) by Hobbs, Will Native Animals of the Sonoran Desert, 1993 by Stratford, Herb JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos ANIMALS America’s Favorite Backyard Wildlife, 1985 by Harrison, George and Kit Arizona Wildlife Viewing Guide, 1992 by Carr, John N. Audubon Society Encydopedia of Animal Life, 1982 by Audubon Society Brother Wolf, A Forgotten Promise, 1993 by Brandenburg, Jim Coyote Field Guide, 1985 by Woolsey, N. G. Don Coyote by Hyde, Dayton Following the Pack, The World of Wolf Research, 1994 by Crowley, Kate and Mike Link God’s Dog, The North American Coyote, 1979 by Ryden, Hope In Praise of Wolves by Lawrence, R. D. Javelina Research and Management In Arizona, 1985 by Day, G. I Javelina, 1985 by Day, Gerald. Mammals of Arizona, 1986 by Hoffmeister, D. F. Mammals of North America, Animal Tracks by Peterson Field Guide Mountain Lion Field Guide, 1979 by Shaw, H. G. The Bat House Builders by Hensley & Tuttle The Company of Wolves, 1995 by Steinhart, Peter The Coyote, Defiant Songdog of the West, 1927, 1977 revised and updated by Leydet, Francois The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitat’ (Western United States) 1988 by Benyns, Janine M. The Wolf in The Southwest. The Making of an Endangered Species, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona by Brown, D. E The Wolf, 1970. by Mech, David L. The World of the Coyote, 1994 by Grady, Wayne The World of the Fox by Dobie, J. Frank Track of the Coyote, 1995 by Wilkinson, Todd. Twilight Hunters, 1987 by Turbak, Gary Walker’s Bat’ of the World, 1994 by Nowak, Ronald M. and John L Paradise Wild Cats ( Lynx, Bobcat and Mountain Lions ) by Savace, and Candace Wolf Pack, Tracking Wolves in the Wild by Johnson and Aamodt Seasons of the Coyote, 1994 by Harrison, Philip L Mammals of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, 1992 by Cockrun, E. Lendell, and Yar Petryszyn Wild Dogs. The Wolves, Coyotes, and Foxes of North America 1994 by Baner, Erwin A The Wolf in the Southwest. The Making of an Endangered Species, 1992 by Brown, David E. Desert Wildlife, 1961 by Jaeger, Edmund Encyclopedia of Mammals, 1985 by David, Dr. Bobcat Year, 1984 by Ryden, Hope Javelinas and other Peccaries by Sowls, Lyle K. A Year Among the Coatimundis by Gilbert, B. The Voice of the Coyote, 1949 by Dobie, J. Frank Coues White-Tailed Deer, Special Report #18, 1995 by Ockenfels, R. A. Tracking and the Art of Seeing How to Read Animal Tracks and sign. by Rezendes, Paul The Peccaries by Sowls, Lyle K. Mammals of Arizona, 1986 by Hoffineister, Donald F. Stokes Nature Guides, Animal Tracking and Behavior by Stokes, Donald and Lillian War Against the Wolf, 1995 by Mcintyre, Rick The Wolf Almanac- A Celebration of Wolves and Their World by Bosch A Field Guide to the Mammals, Peterson Field Guide Series number 5, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1952 by Burt, W. H. and Grossenheider, R.P. Wild Animals of North America, 1987 by National Geographic. Cougar, The American Lion by Hansen Carnivore Behavior Ecology and Evolution, 1989 by Gittleman, John L Coyotes, 1995 by Winner, Cherie America’s Neighborhood Bats by Tuttle, Merlin D Mammals of the Southwest Deserts, 1982 by Olin, George On the Trail of the Fox by Schnieper Care Of The Wild, 1983 by Jordan, William J. and John Hughes JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos BIRDS Atlas Of Bird Migration, 1995 by Lovejoy, Thomas L Bird Migration, 1983 by Mead, Chris Birds in Jeopardy, 1992 by Dobkin, David S. & Paul Ehrlich, and Darryl Wheye Birds Of Prey, 1991 by Snyder, Noel and Helen Field Guide to Birds of North America, 1983 by National Geographic Society Lords of the Air, 1989 by Morton, Eugene S. & Jake Page On The Wing, 1989 by Brooks, Bruce Ornithology, 1990 by Gill, Frank B. Owls, Their Life and Behavior, 1990 by De La Tarre, Julio The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds, 1980 by Terres, John K. The Birder’s Digest by Cox, Randall T. The Life of Birds, 1977 by Baptista, Luis, and Joe Carl Welty The Owls of North America, 1987 by Eckert, Allan W. Birds Of Prey, 1986 by Mackenzie, John The Roadrunner, 1993 by Meinzer, Wyman The Birders’ Handbook, 1988 by Dobkin, David S. & Paul Ehrlich, and Darryl Wheye Stokes Nature Guide, A Guide to Bird Behaviors Vol 1,2,3, 1989 by Stokes, Donald and Lillian Peterson Field Guide, Western Birds, 1990 by Peterson, Roger Tory Birds Of Prey, 1989 by Burton, Philip Raptors, Birds of Prey, 1992. by Hendrickson, John Hawks In Flight, 1988 by Dunne, Peter, David Sibley, Clay Sutton. Raptors, The Birds of Prey, 1996 by Weidensaul, Scott Birds’ Eggs by Waller, Michael The Human Nature of Birds, 1993 by Barber, Theodore Xenophon Phd. An Audubon Handbook, Western Birds, 1988 by Farrand, John Jr. JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos Reptiles and Amphibians A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America, 1991 by Conant, R. and Collins, J. T. Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards: Analyses of the Ecological Niche and Community Structure, 1986 by Pianka, E. R. Eyelids of Horning, 1973 by Alistair, C. and P. Beard Fishes of Arizona, 1973 by Minckley, W. L. Folklore of America’s Aztec Lizard by Brown, D. E. and Carmony, N. B. Frogs by Badger, David Gila Monster. Facts and Folklore of America’s Aztec Lizard, High—lonesome Books, Silver City, New Mexico, 1991 by Brown, D. E. Handbook of Lizards of United States and Canada, 1946 by Smith, H. M. Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada, Vol I & II, 1957 by Wright, A. H. and Wright A. A. Horned Lizard, 1981 by Sherbrooks, Wade C. Peterson Field Guides Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 1985 by Stebbins, Robert C. Snakes by Marais, John Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature, 1997 by Green, H. W. The Care of Desert Reptiles by Switak, K. H. The Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians, 1979 by Audubon Society The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America, 1989 by Campbell, J.A. and Lamar, W. W. Venomous Reptiles of North America, 1992 by Ernest, Carl H. Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico by Degenhardt, W.G., Painter, C. W., Price, A. W. Snakes of the American West, 1974 by Shaw, C.E. and Campbell, S. Handbook of Salamanders, The Salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and Lower California, 1943 by Bishop, S. C. The Biology of Scorpions, 1982 by Polis, G. A. A Preliminary Analysis of the Herpetofauna of Sonora, 1945 by Bogart, C. M. and Oliver, J. A. Rattlesnakes, Their Habits, Life Histories and Influence on Mankind, Vol I & II by Klauber, Laurance M. The Venomous Reptiles of Arizona, 1986 by Lowe, C. H., Schwalbe, C. R., and Johnson, T. B Amphibians and Reptiles, of Western North America, 1954 by Stebbins, R. C. Venomous Animals of Arizona, 1982 Rattler by Mattispn, Chris Snakes and Snake Hunting, 1957 by Kauffeld, Carl Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada, Vol I & II, 1933 by Wright, A. H. and Wright A. A. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians, 1974 by Breen, John F. Handbook of Turtles, The Turtles of the United States, Canada and Baja California, 1952 by Carr, A. Peterson Field Guide, Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants, 1994 by Foster, Steven, and Roger Cam. JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos Insects Insect and Flowers, 1981 by Barth, Fredrich. Insects, 1981 by Arneth, Dr. Ross a and Richard L Jacques, Jr. Stokes Nature Guides, Observing Insects Lives, 1983 by Stokes, Donald. The Book of Spiders and Scorpions by Mafham, Rod Preston Insects of the Southwest, 1994 by Olson, Carl and Floyd Weiner Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders, 1980 by Audubon SocietY Good-bye Scorpion Farewell Black Widow Spider by Hawkins, David R. A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico, Peterson Field Guide Series number 19, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1970 by Borrar, D. J. and White, R. E. JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos Plants A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona, 1995 by Epple, A.O. Audubon Society Nature Guides, Deserts, 1987 by MacMahon, James A. Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, 1979 by Audubon Society Flowers of the Southwest Mountains, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, Tucson, Arizona, 1982 by Arnberger, L. P., Low Water Flower Garden, 1993 by Johnson, Eric A. and Scotty Millard Medicinal Plants of the Desert & Canyon West, 1989 by Moore, Michael Plants of Arizona 1995 by Doffield, Mary Rose and Warren D. Jones Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Deserts, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, Tucson, Arizona, 1993 by Bowers, J. B Southwest and Texas Wildflowers by Niehaus, T. F. and Ripper, C. L. Trees and Shrubs of The Southwestern Desserts, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1945 by Benson, L., Darrow, Arizona Flora, 1969 by Kearney, T. H., and Peebles, H. H. Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes, 1993 by Mielke, Judy. Biotec Communities Southwestern United States & Northwestern, Mexico, 1994 by Brown, David, Editor Arizona Place Names, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1988 by Barnes, W. C. Woody Plants of the Southwest, 1989 by Lamb, Samuel H. An Illustrated Guide to Arizona Weeds, 1990 by Parker, Kittie F Plants Of Arizona, 1995 by Epple, Anne Orth Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Uplands, 1976 by Elmore, F.H. The Cacti of Arizona, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1969 by Benson, L. JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos additional reading Biotic Communities Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1994 by Brown, D. E. Coyote Stories of the Navajo People by Rough Rock Press. Hopi Coyote Tales by Ekkehart, Malotki, and Michael Lomataway’ma Masked Bobwhite Rides Again, 1993 by Alcock, John Saving Wildlife, A Century of Conservation by Goddard, Donald Sonoran Desert Spring by Alcock, John. The Bat in my Pocket, 1992 by Lollar, Amanda Wild Hunters, 1991 by Humumel, Monte, Sherry Pettigrew, and John Murray Thinking in Pictures, 1995 by Grandon, Temple Silent Spring by Carson, Rachel Deserts by National Audubon Society Nature Guide Sonoran Desert Summer by Alcock, John Navajo Folk Tales, 1967 by Newcomb, Frank Johnson The Cacti of Arizona, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1969 by Benson, L. JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos ARIZONA HABITATS - Geology, Climate, and Soils Roadside Geology of Arizona, 1983 by Chronic, H. Soils of the desert Southwest, 1975 by Fuller, W. H. Geology of Arizona, 1981 by Nations, D. and Stump, E. Management of southwestern desert soils, 1975 by Fuller, W. H. Arizona Soils, 1985 by Hendricks, D. M. Arizona Climet: The first hundred years, 1985 by Sellers, W. D. and Hill, R. H. and Sanderson-Rae, M. JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARIZONA HABITATS Ecology and evolution of southwestern riparian plant communities, Desert Plants, 1984 by Reichenbacher, F. W. Evolution and biogeography of Madrean-Tethyan solerophyll vegetation, 1975 by Axelrod, D.I Evolution of desert vegetation in western North America, 1950 by Axelrod, D.I Late Quaternary vegetation and climate of the Sonoran Desert, United States and Mexico, 1990 by Van Devender, T.R The Last 10,000 years: A fossil pollen record of the American Southwest, 1963 by Martin, P. S. Holocene woodlands in the southwestern deserts, 1977 by Van Devender, T.R Age and origin of Sonoran Desert vegetation, 1979 by Axelrod, D.I Evolution of the Madro-Tertiary geoflora, 1958 by Axelrod, D.I Development of vegetation and climate in the southwestern United States, 1979 by Van Devender, T.R and Spaulding, W. G. Pleistocene pollen analysis and biogeography of the Southwest, 1965 by Martin, P. S. and Mehringer, P. J. Jr. JUMP TO LINKS Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Animals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Insects Plants Additional Reading Arizona Habitats (AH) Evolution of AH Contemporary AH Catalogs CD's and Videos contemporary ARIZONA HABITATS Arizona’s natural environment: Landscapes and habitats, 1964 by Lowe, C, H, Jr. Biogeography, 1984 by Hoffmeister, D. F. Biotic communities of the American Southwest, 1982 by Brown, D. E. Biotic communities of the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona, 1941 by Rasmussen, D. I. Birds of the pine-oak woodland in southern Arizona and adjacent Mexico, 1957 by Marshall, J. T. Butterflies of southeastern Arizona, 1991 (part one) by Bailowitz, LA. and Brock, J.P. Mountain islands and desert seas: A natural history of the US-Mexican borderlands, 1981 by Gehlbach, F. R. Native fishes of arid lands: A dwindling resource of the desert Southwest, 1991 by Rinne, J. N. and Minckley, W. L. Results of a biological survey of the San Francisco Mountains region and desert of the Little Colorado in Arizona, 1980 by Merriam, C. H. Riparian forest and scrubland community types of Arizona and New Mexico, 1989 by Szaro, R. C. The Desert Grassland, 1958 by Humphrey, R. R. The Ecology of North America, 1963 by Shelford, V. E. The Natural Vegetation of Arizona, 1952 by Nichol, A. A. The Vegetation of the Sonoran Desert, 1964 by Shreve, F. Vegetation and birds of Grand Canyon life zones, 1987 by Brown, B.T., Carothers, S. W. and Johnson, R. R. Habitats in Arizona, 1986 by Lowe, C, H. and Scwalbe, C. R. and Johnson, T. B. Physiographical features. Biogeographical features, 1971 by Hoffmeister, D. F. and Durham, F. E. Man and Wildlife in Arizona by Davis, G. P. Jr. Once a River, 1983 by Rea, A. M Discovering the Desert, 1981 by McGinnes, W. G Trees and shrubs of the southwestern deserts, 1981 by Benson, L. and Darrow, R. A. Cienegas-Vanishing climax communities of the American Southwest, 1984 by Hendrickson, D. A. and Minckley, W. L. Birds of the lower Colorado River, 1991 by Rosenberg, K. V. and Ohmart, R. O. and Hunter, W. C. and Anderson, B. C. Habitats of Arizona fishes, 1973 by Minckley, W. L. Arizona wetlands and waterfowl, 1985 by Brown, D. E. The Natural Vegetation of Arizona, 1973 by Lowe, C, H. and Brown, D. E. The Vegetation of Arizona, 1942 by Shreve, F. Historic changes and conservation of Arizona habitats, 1964 by Phillips, A. and Marshall, J. and Monson, G. 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