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Recommended Readings
in Animal Behavior


Want to learn more about animals and animal behavior?  Need an inspiring gift for a child or young adult?  Here is a list of books recommended by faculty and graduate student researchers at the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, as well as other educators, scientists, and librarians.
A N N O T A T I O N   K E Y
c  SMALL CHILD reading level
y  YOUNG ADULT reading level
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Use the key above to find books suitable for small children and young adult readers.  Also listed are standard texts for college-level reading.  Use the index bar below to view selections by topic.
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A N I M A L S   I N   G E N E R A L

Alcock, John. 1997. Animal Behavior (6th edition) (Sinauer Assoc; ISBN: 0878930094)  *
Bischhoff-Miersch, Andrea & Michael. 1995. Do You Know the Difference? (North-South, ISBN: 1-55858-371-8)  c  y
Booth, Jerry. 1996. You Animal! (Gulliver Green/Harcourt Brace, ISBN: 0-15-200696-6)  y
Bradbury, J. W. & S.L. Vehrencamp. 1998. Principles of Animal Communication (Sinauer Associates, ISBN: 0878931007)  *
Curtis, Patricia. 1997. Animals You Never Even Heard Of (Sierra Club, ISBN: 0-87156-594-3)  y
Galan, Mark. 1997. There's Still Time: The Success of the Endangered Species Act (National Geographic, ISBN: 0-7922-7092-4)  y
Jenkins, Steve. 1995. Biggest, Strongest, Fastest (Ticknor/Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0-395-69701-8)  c
Jenkins, Steve. 1997. What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0-395-82514-8)  c
Krebs, John & N.B. Davies. 1993 An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology (Blackwell Scientific Publications, ISBN: 0878934286 )  *
Kuo, Zing-Yang. 1976. The Dynamics of Behavior Development: An Epigenetic View (Plenum Press, ISBN: 0306309769)  *
Lauber, Patricia. 1995. Who Eats What?: Food Chains and Food Webs (HarperCollins, ISBN: 0-06-445130-5)  c
Lorenz, Konrad. 1952. King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animal Ways (Plume, ISBN: 0452011752)  *
Mayr, Ernst. 1988. Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evoutionist (Harvard University Press, ISBN: 0674896661)  *
Nelson, Randy J. 1999. An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology (Sinauer Associates, ISBN: 0878936165)  *
Savage, Stephen. 1995. Eyes (Thomson, ISBN: 1-56847-349-4)  y
Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut. 1970. Animal Physiology (Prentice-Hall, ISBN: ?)  *
Taylor, Barbara. 1996. Animal Homes (DK Publishing, Inside Guide series, ISBN: 0-7894-1012-5)  y
Tinbergen, Niko. 1951. The Study of Instinct (Oxford University Press, ISBN: ?)  *
Tinbergen, Niko. 1958. Curious Naturalists (Country Life, Ltd., ISBN: ?)  *
Wilson, E.O. 1992. The Diversity of Life (W.W. Norton & Co, ISBN: 0393310477)  *
M A M M A L S

Arnold, Caroline. 1996. Bat (Morrow, ISBN: 0-688-13726-1)  y
Arnold, Caroline. 1996. Fox (Morrow, ISBN: 0-688-13728-8)  y
Bonners, Susan. 1998. Why Does the Cat Do That? (Henry Holt, ISBN: 0-8050-4377-2)  c
Darling, Kathy. 1998. Lemurs: On Location (Lothrop, ISBN: 0-688-12539-5)  c  y
Dudley, Karen. 1997. Wolves (Raintree/Steck-Vaughn, Untamed World series, ISBN: 0-8172-4561-8)  y
Fossey, Dian. 1983. Gorillas in the Mist (Houghton Mifflin, SBN: 0395489288)  *
Goodall, Jane. 1971. In the Shadow of Man (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0618056769)  y  *
Goodall, Jane. 1986. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior (Replica Books, ISBN: 0735100055)  *
Jarrow, Gail & Paul Sherman. 1996. The Naked Mole-Rat Mystery: Scientific Sleuths at Work (Lerner, Discovery series, ISBN: 0-8225-2853-3)
MacMillan, Dianne M. 1997. Cheetahs (Carolrhoda, ISBN: 1-57505-225-3)  y
Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World (6th edition, 2 vols) (Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN: 0801857899)  *
Sill, John. 1997. About Mammals: A Guide for Children (Peachtree, ISBN: 1-56145-141-X)  c
Smith, Roland. 1996. Journey of the Red Wolf (Cobblehill, ISBN: 0-525-65162-4)  y
B I R D S

Arnold, Caroline. 1997. Hawk Highway in the Sky: Watching Raptor Migration (Gulliver, ISBN: 0-15-200040-2)  y
Arnosky, Jim. 1998. All About Turkeys (Scholastic Press, ISBN: 0-590-48147-9)  y
Johnson, Jinny. 1996. Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Birds (Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 0-689-80199-8)  y
Kroodsma, D.E. & E.H. Miller (Eds.). 1982. Acoustic Communication in Birds, Volumes 1 and 2 (Academic Press, ISBN: 0124268013 )  *
Kroodsma, D.E. & E.H. Miller (Eds.) 1996. Ecology and Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Birds (Cornell University Press, ISBN: 0801430496)  *
McMillan, Bruce. 1995. Nights of the Pufflings (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0-395-70810-9 )  c
Miller, Debbie S. 1996. Flight of the Golden Plover: The Amazing Migration Between Hawaii and Alaska (Alaska Northwest/Graphic Arts Center, ISBN 0-88240-474-1)  y
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. 1995. Eagles of America (Holiday, ISBN: ISBN 0-8234-1198-2)  y
Pfeffer, Wendy. 1996. Mute Swans (Silver, Creatures in White series, ISBN: 0-382-39324-4)  c
Schlein, Miriam. 1997. What's A Penguin Doing in a Place Like This? (Millbrook, ISBN: 0-7613-0003-1)  y
Sibley, Charles G. & B.L. Monore, Jr. 1991. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World (Yale University Press, ISBN: 0-300-04969-2)  *
Tinbergen, Niko. 1953. The Herring Gull's World: A Study of the Social Behaviour of Birds (Collins, ISBN: ?)  *
Weidensaul, Scott. 1998. National Audubon Society First Field Guide: Birds (Scholastic, Inc., ISBN: 0-590-05482-1)  y
Weiner, Jonathan. 1994. Beak of the Finch (Vintage Books, ISBN: 067973337X)  *
F I S H

Bond, Carl E. 1997. Biology of Fishes (2nd edition) (Saunders College Publishing, ISBN: 0030703425)  *
Bone, Q., N.B. Marshall & J.H.S. Blaxter. 1995. Biology of Fishes (Stanley Thornes, ISBN: 0748744983 )  *
Goodson, Gar. 1985. Fishes of the Atlantic Coast: Canada to Brazil (Stanford University Press, ISBN: 0804712689)
Hammann, E.H. & Roger Tory Peterson . 1983. Peterson's Field Guide: Pacific Coast Fishes (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 061800212X)  y  *
Kovacs, Deborah & Kate Madin. 1996. Beneath Blue Waters: Meeting with Remarkable Deep-Sea Creatures (Viking, ISBN: 0-670-85653-3)  y
Moyle, Peter B. & Joseph J. Cech. 1999. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology (Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0130112828)  *
Robins, C. Richard, et al. 1986. Peterson's Field Guide: Atlantic Coast Fishes (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0395975158)  y  *
Page, Lawrence M., et al. 1998. Peterson's Field Guide: Freshwater Fishes (North America) (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0395910919)  y  *
R E P T I L E S  &  A M P H I B I A N S

Conant, Roger, et al. 1998. Peterson's Field Guide: Reptiles & Amphibians (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0395904528)  *
Gibbons, Gail. 1995. Sea Turtles (Holiday, ISBN: 0-8234-1191-5)  c
Greene, Harry. 1997. Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature (University of California Press, ISBN: 0520224876)  *
Pirotta, Saviour. 1997. Turtle Bay (Farrar, ISBN: 0-374-37888-6)  c  y
Snedden, Robert. 1995. What is a Reptile? (Sierra Club, ISBN: ISBN 0-87156-493-9)  y
Wallace, Karen. 1998. Gentle Giant Octopus (Candlewick, ISBN: 0-7636-0318-X)  c
I N V E R T E B R A T E S

Berger, Melvin. 1998. Chriping Crickets (HarperCollins, Science series, ISBN: 0-06-445180-1)  c  y
Demuth, Patricia B. 1994. Those Amazing Ants (Macmillan/Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0027284670)  c
Holland, Gay W. 1998. Spectacular Spiders (Millbrook, ISBN: 0-7613-0353-7)  c
Hunt, Joni P. 1995. Insects (Silver Burdett, ISBN: 0-382-24879-1)  y
Johnson, Jinnie. 1997. Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Insects and Spiders (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0-689-81163-2)  y
Markle, Sandra. 1994. Outside and Inside Spiders (Bradbury/Simon & Schuster, ISBN: ?)  c  y
Micucci, Charles. 1995. The Life and Times of the Honeybee (Ticknor/Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0-395-65968-X )  c
von Frisch, Karl. 1967. The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees (Harvard University Press, ISBN: 0674190513)  *
E C O L O G Y

Brandenburg, Jim. 1995. An American Safari: Adventures on the North American Prairie (Walker, ISBN: 0-8027-8319-8.
Butterfield, Moira. 1995. Richard Orr's Nature Cross-Sections (DK Publishing, ISBN 0-7894-0147-9)  y
Elsom, Derek. 1997. Weather Explained: A Beginner's Guide to the Elements (Your World Explained series) (Holt, ISBN: 0-8050-4875-8)  y
Gallimard. 1995. Trees and Forests (Scholastic Inc./Gallimard Jeunesse, ISBN 0-590-47639-4)  c  y
Johnson, Rebecca L. 1995. Science on the Ice: An Antarctic Journal (Lerner, ISBN: 0-8225-2852-5).
Lambert, David. 1997. The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans (Kingfisher, ISBN: 0-7534-5098-4)  y
Lasky, Kathryn. 1997. The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy (Gulliver, ISBN: 0-15-200897-7)  y  *
Malam, John. 1996. Highest, Longest, Deepest: A Foldout Guide to the World's Record Breakers (Simon & Schuster, Reference series, ISBN: 0-689-80951-4)  y
Mallory, Kenneth. 1998. A Home by the Sea: Protecting Coastal Wildlife (Gulliver Green/Harcurt Brace, ISBN: 0-15-201802-6)  y
McMillan, Bruce. 1995. Summer Ice: Life Along the Antarctic Pennisula (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0-395-66561-2)  y
Oldfield, Sara. 1996. Rain Forests (Lerner, Endangered People and Places series, ISBN: 0-8225-2778-2)  y
Silver, Donald M. 1995. Woods (Scientific American, ISBN 0-7167-6610-8)  y
Scott, Michael. 1996. Ecology (Young Oxford Series, ISBN: 0-19-521167-7)
Wright-Frierson, Virginia. 1996. A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert (Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 0-689-80678-7)  y
B I O G R A P H Y

Anderson, Margaret J. 1994. Charles Darwin, Naturalist (Great Minds of Science series, ISBN: ?)  y
Heligman, Deborah. 1994. Barbara McClintock: Alone in Her Field (Scientific American, ISBN: ?)  y
Keller, Evelyn Fox. 1983. A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock (W H Freeman & Co.; ISBN: 071671504X)  *
McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. 1993. Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries (Carol Publishing Group, ISBN: 0806520256)  *
Martin, Jacqueline B. 1998. Snowflake Bentley (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0-395-86162-4)  c
Poynter, Margaret. 1994. Marie Curie, Discoverer of Radium (Enslow, ISBN: ?)  y
Pringle, Laurence. 1997. Elephant Woman: Cynthia Moss Explores the World of Elephants (Atheneum, ISBN: 0-689-80142-4)  y
Ross, Michael E. 1997. Bird Watching with Margaret Morse Nice Naturalist's Apprentice series. (Carolrhoda, ISBN: 1-57565-002-1)  y
Sayre, Anne. 1975. Rosalind Franklin and DNA (W W Norton & Co, ISBN: 0393008681)  *
Stanley, Phillis M. 1996. American Environmental Heros Collective Biographies Series (Enslow, ISBN: 0-89490-630-5)  y
Yount, Lisa. 1996. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek: First to See Microscopic Life (Enslow: Great Minds of Science series, ISBN: 0-89490-680-1)  y
Watson, James D. 1968. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA (New American Library, ISBN: 0451627873)  *

E X T I N C T   A N I M A L S  /  P A L E O N T O L O G Y

Gillette, J. Lynett. 1997. Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of Coelophysis (Dial BFYR, ISBN: 0-8037-1721-0)  y
Holmes, Thom. 1997. Fossil Feud: The Rivalry of the First American Dinosaur Hunters (Messner, ISBN: 0-382-39149-7)  y
Lauber, Patricia. 1996. How Dinosaurs Came to Be (Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 0-689-80531-4)  y
Lessem, Don. 1996. Dinosaur Worlds: New Dinosaurs, New Discoveries (Boyds Mills, ISBN: 1-56397-597-1)
Witmer, Lawrence M. 1995. The Search for the Origin of Birds (Watts, ISBN: 0-531-11232-2)  y
R E L A T E D   S C I E N C E

Barnett, Russell & Richard Bonson. 1996. Incredible Comparisons (DK Publishing, ISBN: ISBN 0-7894-1009-5)  y
Burnie, David. 1995. The Concise Encyclopedia of the Human Body (DK Publishing, ISBN: 0-7894-0204-1)  y
Damasio, Antonio. 1994. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain (Avon Books, ISBN: 0380726475)  *
Darwin, Charles. 1859. The Origin of Species (Grammercy, ISBN: 0517123207)  *
Funston, Sylvia & Jay Ingram. 1995. It's All in Your Brain (Grosset, ISBN: 0-448-40939-9)  y
Herskowitz, Joel. 1993. Double Talking Helix Blues (CSHL Press, ISBN: ISBN 0-87969-431-9)  y  *
Lang, Susan S. & others. 1995. Nature in Your Backyard: Simple Activities for Children (Millbrook, ISBN: 1-56294-893-8)  y
Quinlan, Susan E. 1995. The Case of the Mummified Pigs: And Other Mysters in Nature (Boyds Mills, ISBN:1-878093-82-7)  y
Rose, Steven & Alexander Lichtenfels. 1997. Brainbox (CSHL Press, ISBN: ISBN 1-85578-096-8)  y  *
Sacks, Oliver W. 1985. The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Touchstone Books, ISBN: 0684853949)  *
Sacks, Oliver W. 1996. The Island of the Colorblind and Cycad Island (Vintage Books, ISBN: 0375700730)  *
Sandeman, Anna. 1996. Blood Body Books series (Copper Beach/Millbrook, ISBN: 0-7613-0477-0)  c
Sandeman, Anna. 1995. Bones (Millbrook, ISBN:1-56294-621-8)  c
Simon, Seymour. 1997. The Brain: Our Nervous System (Morrow Junior Books, ISBN: 0-688-14640-6)  y
Simon, Seymour. 1996. The Heart: Our Circulatory System (Morrow, ISBN: 0-688-11407-5)  y


C A R E E R S   I N   S C I E N C E
Jackson, Donna M. 1996. The Bone Detectives: How Foresnsic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead (Little, Brown, ISBN: 0-316-82935-8)  y
Maze, Stephanie & Catherine O'Neill Grace. 1997. I Want to be a Veterinarian I Want to Be . . . Book series. (Harcourt Brace. 48pp. ISBN: 0-15-201296-6)  y
F I C T I O N

Bagnold, Enid. 1935. National Velvet (Econo-Clad Books, ISBN: 080855431X)  y  *
George, Jean Craighead. 1959. My Side of the Mountain (Viking Press, ISBN: 0140348107)  y  *
Grahame, Kenneth. 1909. The Wind in the Willows (Henry Holt, ISBN: 0805002138)  y  *
Knight, Eric M. 1938. Lassie, Come Home (Henry Holt & Company, ISBN: 0805007210)  y  *
L'Engle, Madeline. 1962. Wrinkle in Time (Yearling Books, ISBN: 0440498058)  y  *
Sewell, Anna. 1915. Black Beauty (Random Library, ISBN: 0394965752)  y  *
White, E.B. 1952. Charlotte's Web (HarperTrophy, ISBN: 0064400557)  y  *
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