Reviews
BACKPACKER MAGAZINE
“Pocket Naturalist Guides are to nature-loving backpackers what CliffNotes are to teens trying to navigate Shakespeare: essential.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES
“The Nature of California offers an agreeable overview of animals and plants casual hikers and campers are likely to encounter . . . a useful book to keep with the picnic supplies or camping gear.”
LUNAR AND PLANETARY INFORMATION BULLETIN
“Laminated for durability, these pocket guides are great references. The simplified reference guide to the Moon includes maps highlighting prominent craters, mountain ranges, seas, highlands, and residuum from the Apollo Moon landing sites. The guide to the night sky includes seasonal glow-in-the-dark charts to the stars and constellations along with information about the solar system, the Moon, planets, meteor showers, and eclipses. These guides are ideal for astronomers of all ages.”
NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER
“A series of inexpensive folding pocket guides can help you easily identify some of the nature you see in national parks.”
LIBRARY JOURNAL
“The “Pocket Naturalist Guides” are colorful, pocket-sized, laminated, folded guides, designed to be taken into the wilderness . . . [worth] their quality, low price, and variety.”
ENGEARMENT.COM
“The NASAR Basic Navigation Guide is a great resource to refresh your knowledge at home. It’s also great to carry with you on your excursions as a backup to your brain. NASAR lays the guide out in a logical fashion that’s easy to follow, especially in stressful situations. Definitely money well spent.
CALIFORNIA STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
“Basic Navigation for Search and Rescue and Survival and Essential Knots for Search and Rescue and Survival are valuable references for search and rescue technicians, campers, hikers, outdoor professionals and sports enthusiasts. These easy-to use guides contain succinct information supported by color illustrations and will assist your ability to expertly navigate using a map, compass and GPS, as well as to tie the most common knots used in search and rescue.”
THE OSPREY
“In these new guides, you will find a new way of looking at all these birds. It is an interesting new approach and one I look forward to using.”
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
“…you can stick one or more guide in a pocket or pack for handy use. And don’t worry about getting a Duraguide soaked in the bottom of your boat. They’re water resistant. Don’t fear tearing it, either. These babies are rip-proof. Smash it, step on it, kick it all you want, a Duraguide keeps on giving.”
CAMPING LIFE MAGAZINE
“Pocket Naturalist Guides quickly and easily introduces novice outdoorsmen to the wonders of animal and plant life, as well as other aspects of the wilderness.”
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
“Here’s a handy way to impress your friends and identify trees and flowers in the park or your own back yard.”
ADVENTURE SPORTS OUTDOORS MAGAZINE
“Watching birds is one of the fastest growing hobbies in North America. The pocket guide series helps people enhance their enjoyment of birds by learning more about them. Complete with detailed species information, photos, illustrations, and maps, these titles cover a wide range of topics for everyone who is curious about birds – from Birding 101 to Nests & Eggs of North American Backyard Birds.”
ZEISS BIRDING
“An awesome local birding guide from our friends at Waterford Press and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Offered on donation, 100% of funds raised will go to The Discovery Center of Philadelphia for youth programs.”