Canadian Rockies field guide for kids?

Hi all,

I need a book recommendation. We are going on a family vacation to the
Canadian Rockies (and also Glacier National Park in the US) this
summer. We will be doing a lot of day hikes while we are there. Our
kids are 10.5, 8 and 3 (all boys). To make this more intersting for
the kids, I wanted to get them a field guide for identifying the
various plants (flowers and trees), animals and birds we are likely to
see there. I'd prefer all to be in the same volume, and for it to be
farily lightweight for carrying on hikes. It doesn't have to be
comprehensive or have tons of info on each species, just something to
help us identify what we are seeing. I do want it to be specific to
that region.I'd also like to find/make some checklists with likely
species listed. I've been scouring Amazon and haven't found any likely
candidates yet. Any hints/leads/suggestions?

Thanks,
--Robyn

On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:37:26 GMT, (Robyn
Kozierok) wrote:

Hi all,

I need a book recommendation. We are going on a family vacation to the
Canadian Rockies (and also Glacier National Park in the US) this
summer. We will be doing a lot of day hikes while we are there. Our
kids are 10.5, 8 and 3 (all boys). To make this more intersting for
the kids, I wanted to get them a field guide for identifying the
various plants (flowers and trees), animals and birds we are likely to
see there. I'd prefer all to be in the same volume, and for it to be
farily lightweight for carrying on hikes. It doesn't have to be
comprehensive or have tons of info on each species, just something to
help us identify what we are seeing. I do want it to be specific to
that region.I'd also like to find/make some checklists with likely
species listed. I've been scouring Amazon and haven't found any likely
candidates yet. Any hints/leads/suggestions?

Thanks,
--Robyn

I am a tour bus driver in the Rockies, and the book I carry all of the
time is called "Canadian Rockies" by Graeme Pole, published by :

Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd.
1500 Railway Avenue
Canmore, Alberta
T1W 1P6

on the web at:

http://www.altitudepublishing.com/

The book has a good overview of just about everythng you will see in
the Rockies.

Bruce