The Resource Cabinet of curiosities : collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world, Gordon Grice
Cabinet of curiosities : collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world, Gordon Grice
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The item Cabinet of curiosities : collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world, Gordon Grice represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
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- "It's a unique illustrated guide for everyone who loves picking up shells on the beach or finding a trove of colorful feathers. Celebrating the wonders of the physical world and the joys of being an amateur naturalist and collector. Cabinet of Curiosities explains how to identity, find, collect, and preserve leaves, butterflies, the skulls of wild animals, quills, snake skins, and snake rattles - and make a cabinet of curiosities to display your specimens. But more than that, it also explains the workings of the natural world, from how honeybees live in a hive to how volcanic rock and thunder eggs are formed. Organized according to the Linnaeus System, it's a perfect introduction to natural history - and inspiration to stay curious."--Back cover
- The book is for every young explorer who loves finding stuff in nature and bringing it home
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 188 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: My first cabinet
- Part one: Classifying life on earth {How to organize all living things}. Classification
- Part two: Animalia {The Animal Kingdom}. Phylum Chordata; Phylum Arthropoda; Phylum Mollusca; Phyla Echinodermata, Cnidaria and Porifera
- Part three: Plantae {The Plant Kingdom}. Divisions Magnoliophyta, Pinophyta, Ginkgophyta, and Lycophyta
- Part four: Mineralium. Minerals, gemstones, and rocks (plus fossils)
- Afterword: Curiosities
- Isbn
- 9780761169277
- Label
- Cabinet of curiosities : collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world
- Title
- Cabinet of curiosities
- Title remainder
- collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world
- Statement of responsibility
- Gordon Grice
- Subject
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- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Juvenile literature
- Biology
- Biology
- Biology -- Classification
- Biology -- Classification | Juvenile literature
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Classification
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Cabinets of curiosities -- Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "It's a unique illustrated guide for everyone who loves picking up shells on the beach or finding a trove of colorful feathers. Celebrating the wonders of the physical world and the joys of being an amateur naturalist and collector. Cabinet of Curiosities explains how to identity, find, collect, and preserve leaves, butterflies, the skulls of wild animals, quills, snake skins, and snake rattles - and make a cabinet of curiosities to display your specimens. But more than that, it also explains the workings of the natural world, from how honeybees live in a hive to how volcanic rock and thunder eggs are formed. Organized according to the Linnaeus System, it's a perfect introduction to natural history - and inspiration to stay curious."--Back cover
- The book is for every young explorer who loves finding stuff in nature and bringing it home
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grice, Gordon
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Biological specimens
- Geological specimens
- Biology
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Biological specimens
- Geological specimens
- Biology
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Biological specimens
- Biology
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Geological specimens
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Geological specimens
- Biology
- Biological specimens
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Cabinet of curiosities : collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world, Gordon Grice
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: My first cabinet -- Part one: Classifying life on earth {How to organize all living things}. Classification -- Part two: Animalia {The Animal Kingdom}. Phylum Chordata; Phylum Arthropoda; Phylum Mollusca; Phyla Echinodermata, Cnidaria and Porifera -- Part three: Plantae {The Plant Kingdom}. Divisions Magnoliophyta, Pinophyta, Ginkgophyta, and Lycophyta -- Part four: Mineralium. Minerals, gemstones, and rocks (plus fossils) -- Afterword: Curiosities
- Control code
- 915323899
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9780761169277
- Lccn
- 2015020398
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1390128
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915323899
- Label
- Cabinet of curiosities : collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world, Gordon Grice
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: My first cabinet -- Part one: Classifying life on earth {How to organize all living things}. Classification -- Part two: Animalia {The Animal Kingdom}. Phylum Chordata; Phylum Arthropoda; Phylum Mollusca; Phyla Echinodermata, Cnidaria and Porifera -- Part three: Plantae {The Plant Kingdom}. Divisions Magnoliophyta, Pinophyta, Ginkgophyta, and Lycophyta -- Part four: Mineralium. Minerals, gemstones, and rocks (plus fossils) -- Afterword: Curiosities
- Control code
- 915323899
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9780761169277
- Lccn
- 2015020398
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1390128
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915323899
Subject
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Juvenile literature
- Biology
- Biology
- Biology -- Classification
- Biology -- Classification | Juvenile literature
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Cabinets of curiosities
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Classification
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation
- Geological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Cabinets of curiosities -- Juvenile literature
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