This is an exciting journey of science discovery is as near as your own backyard. Just one small square is alive with creepers and crawlers, lifters and leapers, singers, buzzers, climbers, builders, and recyclers. "Backyard" invites children ages 7 and up to become nature lovers by looking, listening, touching, and smelling the world from the ground up! This is from the unique "One Small Square" series of science activity books...where children can explore exotic and familiar ecosystems in detail, one small square at a time.

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Food Makers. Guests for Dinner. Life Cyclers. Out in the Cold. Making a Living. Definitely Not a Golf Ball. Night Life. Litter "Bugs". Watch Out for Traps! More Than Just Dirt.

About the Author

Donald M. Silver is the author of more than 40 science books for children and teachers alike. In addition to the award-winning One Small Square series, he has written The Animal World, Why Save the Rain Forest?, Extinction Is Forever, and The Dinosaur Activity Book--all illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne. Patricia J. Wynne's illustrations have also appeared in Scientific American, Natural History, and The New York Times as well as in the highly praised books Hungry, Hungry Sharks, and The Human Body. Both the author and illustrator live in New York City.