Hi, Bob:

There is a Peterson's guide for children; I think it's called Peterson's
First Bird Guide (I can't remember exactly). I bought my oldest grandsons
each a copy - they were just like the adult version but not so many
variations on each bird.

Regards, Joanne
Reardan (Spokane) WA - 35 miles west of the north Idaho border
mailto: jhpowell at iea.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Mauritsen <Bluetooth at csi.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, April 02, 2000 11:33 PM
Subject: Kid's field guide?


>Hi.
>
>I want to buy a field guide for a nine-year-old girl who currently lives
>near Phoenix and will be coming up here in a month and a half, for
>good. I was going to buy her the Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds,
>but I had second thoughts. Maybe that book is a bit to dense for her.
>
>Might there be a field guide more suited to kids, but would still list
>birds that would be found in AZ and WA? Somebody down there told her
>about a "phoenix" bird, which is not in the FGWB. I'd like to get the
>book to her before she comes up here, so she can figure out what this
>"phoenix bird" is.
>
>Thanks for any ideas.
>
>bob mauritsen
>Green Lake, Seattle