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• American Forests. <http://www.americanforests.org>.
• Bell, C. Ritchie, and Anne H. Lindsey. Fall Color Finder: A Pocket Guide to the More Colorful Trees of Eastern North America. Chapel Hill: Laurel Hill Press, 1991. ISBN 0960868828.
  (See <http://www.laurelhillpress.com>.)
• "Building an Outdoor Classroom." Project Action Guide. Lessons from the Bay.
• Carlstrom, Nancy W., and Ed Young. Goodbye Geese. New York: Philomel, 1991. ASIN 0399218327.
• Cherry, Lynne. Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush. San Diego: Gulliver Books, 1997. ISBN 0152928537.
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation. "If a Tree Falls in a Forest." Watershed Action for Virginia's Environment (WAVE).
  (See <http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=edu_educators_curriculum_va_index>, or contact the Virginia Office: Capitol Place, 1108 E. Main Street, Suite 1600, Richmond, VA 23219; phone 804-780-1392.)
• Edlin, Herbert L. The Tree Key: A Guide to Identification in Garden, Field, and Forest. London: Frederick Wayne, 1979. ISBN 0723220352.
• Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. New York: Harcourt, 1991. ISBN 0152661972.
• Ehlert, Lois. Feathers for Lunch. New York: Harcourt, 1990. ISBN 0152305505.
• Forests Forever. CD-ROM interactive forestry tour. Interactive Training Media, 2002. <http://www.itm-info.com/forestry_series/>.
• "A Forest Grows." Let's Explore and Research Nature (LEARN). (Environmental education lesson plans for field trips to Lake Anna State Park. Contact Lake Anna State Park: 540-854-5503.)
• Frost, Robert. You Come Too. 1959. New York: Owl Books, 2002. ISBN 0805069852. (Includes "A Young Birch," p. 32, and "The Exposed Nest," p. 48.)
• Giono, Jean, and Michael McCurdy. The Man Who Planted Trees. White River Junction: Chelsea Green, 1995. ISBN 0930031024
• Hiscock, Bruce. The Big Tree. 1991. Honesdale: Boyds Mill Press, 1999. ISBN 1563978105.
• Jaspersohn, William, and Chuck Eckart. 1980. How the Forest Grew. New York: Mulberry Books, 1992. ISBN 068811508X.
• Mahnken, Jan, and Jeffrey C. Domm. The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide: Attracting, Nesting, Feeding. North Adams: Storey, 1996. ISBN 0882669273.
• McGovern, Ann, ed. Arrow Book of Poetry. New York: Scholastic, 1965. ISBN 0590336711. (Includes David McCord's "Every Time I Climb a Tree," p. 66, and Rachel Field's "Something Told the Wild Geese," p. 85.)
• "Nothing Succeeds Like Succession," "Plant a Tree," and "Tree Lifecycle." Environmental Education Activity Guide. Project Learning Tree. Washington: American Forest Foundation, 1995. (See <http://www.plt.org/curriculum/k-8guide.cfm>.)
• Phillips, Roger. Trees of North America and Europe: A Photographic Guide to More than 500 Trees. 1978. New York: Random House, 1993. ISBN 0394735412.
• Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows. 1948. New York: Aladdin, 1987. ISBN 0689711409.
• Preller, James, and Huy Voun Lee. Cardinal and Sunflower. New York: Harper Collins, 1998. ISBN 0060262222.
• Reshetiloff, Kathryn. "Forests key to health of Chesapeake Bay." Bay Journal 8.9 (Dec. 1998).
  <http://www.bayjournal.com/98-12/NATURAL.HTM>.
• Robbins, Ken. Autumn Leaves. New York: Scholastic, 1998. ISBN 0590298798.
• "Story of Succession." The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology. Project Learning Tree. American Forest Foundation, 1995. <http://www.plt.org/curriculum/forestecology.cfm>.
• Tree Fact Sheets. Virginia Tech Dendrology Department. <http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/biglist_frame.htm>.
• Udry, Janice M., and Marc Simont. A Tree Is Nice. New York: Harper Collins, 1998. ISBN 0060261552.
• "Using the Library Media Center for Project Research." Project Action Guide. Lessons from the Bay.
• "Using the World Wide Web for Project Research." Project Action Guide. Lessons from the Bay.
• Virginia. Dept. of Forestry. Come Walk With Me...On a Virtual Tour of the Forest. Teacher's guide & interactive CD-ROM.
  (See <http://www.dof.state.va.us>.)
• Virginia. Dept. of Forestry. Forest Trees of Virginia. Illustrated fieldguide to trees in Virginia. <http://www.dof.state.va.us>.
• Watts, May T. Tree Finder: A Manual for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves. Rochester: Nature Study Guild, 1991. ISBN 0912550015.
• Watts, May T., and Tom Watts. Winter Tree Finder: For Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter. Rochester: Nature Study Guild, 1970. ISBN 0912550031.
• Wood, Audrey, and Robert Florczak. Birdsong. New York: Harcourt, 1997. ISBN 0152000143.
  

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