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| Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City | 
| Author: Leslie Day
Creators: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mark A. Klingler
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 277544
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 356
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0801886821
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.470443
EAN: 9780801886829
ASIN: 0801886821
Publication Date: November 30, 2007
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I Love New York! December 16, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Leslie Day possesses an extraordinary, singular talent for inspiring enthusiasm and a life-long passion for learning and for the natural world around us. Dr. Day has been our children's science teacher since our now 17 year-old son was in her class in Kindergarten; and in order to be her students, our now 14 year-old twins commuted for six years, starting the day before 9/11, from the island of Manhattan across the Washington Bridge to the Elisabeth Morrow School in Englewood, New Jersey. Her Field Guide is a beautifully-written, gorgeously-illustrated and very smartly-organized celebration of big-city nature. A naturalist's version of "I Love New York", it provides pathways and subway directions to thousands of acres of magnificent parks and nature preserves that even most New Yorkers don't know. Now, in addition to knowing of Central Park, Broadway Theater, Carnegie Hall and our 157 museums, visitors and New Yorkers - including the Mayor (who wrote the introduction)- can always have a ready answer to that proverbial, weekend question, "what shall we do today?". This is a great read and a must-have.
Paul Tobias, New York City
Field Guide to NYC December 14, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fabulous! Leslie Day's passion for nature is evident in this beautiful guide to NYC's surprisingly abundant natural resources.
Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City November 17, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
At last,Leslie Day's long awaited book, "Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City", with illustrations by Mark A. Klinger. Mayor Bloomberg wrote the foreword. Along with Leslie's own lovely images are wonderful photos by Don Reipe , Mike Feller and others.
The Format is clear and it is easy to use. Klinger's illustrations are breathtaking. I liked her format in the plant and animal descriptions. Each species had:
*Etymology of name
*Description
*Common locations(where you can find)
*Notes of interest
*Ecological role (I really liked this!!)
*Key points
She highlights several parks in each boro. (the often forgotten Floyd Bennett Field was included which I loved!!) She also includes that great Forever Wild map from City Parks and has a section on that program. She also has a geology section. Her acknowledgements in the front of the book show that she went to the `best' in NYC for her information
The naturalist/educators in NYC will love this !
Leslie is a science educator that many know in the science/environmental world of New York City. She recently got her doctorate in science education from Columbia. She teaches at the Elizabeth Murrow School in NJ. Of course the coolest thing about Leslie is she lives on a boat house at 79th St. Can't get closer to the Hudson than that
-Regina McCarthy, Coordinator emeritus, Gateway Environmental Study Center
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