My First Book About Backyard Nature: Ecology for Kids! (Dover Science For Kids Coloring Books)

I liked this so much that I ordered two more copies, an extra for myself and one for a friend. It's meant to be kept as a book, so the pictures are on both sides. Being a guide, most of the pictures have little "bubbles" of information scattered across them, but the drawings are wonderful to color in and the information is excellent. It's a great color-and-learn book for young people and a delight for an oldster like I am, who loves the local wildlife and plants. There's everything you could wish for--ferns, flowers, mushrooms, insects, reptiles and frogs, birds, mammals... Some pages focus on particular varieties, others are a montage scene with seasonal flora and fauna. The paper is thick and smooth, great with colored pencils--check it on the back page (part of a "field guide") if you want to try gel pens, but be aware that they might bleed through on the double-sided pages. This book is too nice to ruin!

This coloring book is so much more. It teaches kids about nature. A non-profit I belong to bought them for all 4th graders in our schools as a learning tool.

So I was thinking this was more a book with traditional color pages and some coloring opportunity for some reason rather than basically a really awesome, high quality coloring book, but I was pleasantly surprised! Ive included photos since I always find that the most helpful type of review to have in regards to coloring/children's books online. Paper is high quality white with crisp details and backgrounds. Bought mine for a two year old for Christmas who's very much into the outdoors. At this point I think a lot of the coloring aspects would have been lost on him as he's mostly a scribbler so far, but he will love the information. Unfortunately I had to ask for a return since the inside pages of the book came damaged, but the seller was prompt and seamless, and this is still a really cool coloring book. I uploaded some photos so you can see how awesome this book is. It also shows some of the damage to the pages, but not on purpose as those we're just some of the cooler pages I wanted to demonstrate. I'm still on the hunt for a more traditional book of backyard nature, but this will be an awesome addition to his art desk this Christmas as a lot of coloring books for children are just filled with fluff.

I thought it was a color photograph book but it is a coloring book. My grandson loves it

Bought it for an Arbor Day Celebration. Looked interesting. One of the little kids picked it out as a door prize. Hope he likes it!

Very interesting, very good for kids.

Great item, prompt delivery.

Very informative not just for the child but also for the adult.

Love it!! The kids like searching for all these critters when camping. 3 thumbs up!