America's Prairies (A Carolrhoda Earth Watch Book) by Frank Staub. Carolrhoda Books, 1993. ISBN 0876147813. [Reading Level Ages 9-12]

An American Safari: Adventures on the North American Prairie by Jim Brandenburg and Joann Bren Guernsey (editor). Walker & Co., 1995. ISBN 0802783198 hardcover. [Reading Level Ages 9-12] (Also available in paperback, 1997. ISBN 0802775020)

Big Bluestem: Journey into the Tall Grass by Annick Smith and Harvey Payne. Council Oak Distribution, 1996. ISBN 1571780319.

The Birds of Konza: The Avian Ecology of the Tallgrass Prairie by John L. Zimmerman. University Press of Kansas, 1993. ISBN 0700605975.

The Changing Prairie: North American Grasslands by Hiram M. Drache. 1970.

Creating the Prairie Xeriscape by Sara Williams. 1997.

Edible Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide by Kelly Kindscher. University Press of Kansas, 1987. ISBN 0700603255.

The Enchanted Prairie by Esther L. Vogt. Christian Publications, 1992. ISBN 0889650942.

Grassland: The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie by Richard Manning. Penguin USA, 1997. ISBN 0140233881 paper.

If You're Not from the Prairie... by Dave Bouchard et al. Atheneum, 1995 ISBN 0689801033 (school and library binding). [Reading Level Ages 4-8] (Also available in paperback, Aladdin Paperbacks, 1998. ISBN 0689820356)

Konza Prairie: A Tallgrass Natural History by O. J. Reichman et al. University Press of Kansas, 1991. ISBN 0700604502.

Native Grasslands (Circle of Life Series) by Alexandra Siy. Dillon Press, 1991. ISBN 0875184693. [Reading Level Ages 9-12]

Plain Pictures: Images of the American Prairie by Joni Louise Kinsey. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. ISBN 1560986883 (hardcover). (Also available in paperback, 1996. ISBN 1560986301).

The Prairie Falcon by Stanley H. Anderson and John R. Squires. University of Texas Press, 1997. ISBN 0292704739 (hardcover). (Also available in paperback, 1997)
The Prairie Garden: 70 Native Plants You Can Grow in Town or Country by J. Robert Smith and Beatrice Scheer Smith. 1980.

The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Grasslands by Marcy Houle. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1995. ISBN 020160843X (hardcover) (Also available in paperback, Perseus Press, 1996. ISBN 020140821X)

Prairie Passage: The Illinois and Michigan Canal Corridor by Edward Ranney (photographer) and Tony Hiss. University of Illinois Press, 1998. ISBN 0252067142.

Prairie Pictures by Shirlee Smith Matheson. McClelland and Stewart, 1996. ISBN 0771058578.

Prairie Plants of Northern Illinois: Identification and Ecology by Russell Kirt and Tweedie Kirt (Illustrator). Stipes Publishing Company, 1989. ISBN 0875633404.

Prairies by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and William Munoz (illustrator). Holiday House, 1996. ISBN 0823412776. [Reading Level Ages 4-8]

Prairies and Grasslands by James P. Rowan. Children's Press, 1993. ISBN 0516017063. [Reading Level Ages 4-8]

Prairie Birds by Chris Fisher and Ewa Pluciennik (Illustrator). Lone Pine Publishing, 1997. ISBN 155105051X.

Prairie Conservation: Preserving North America's Most Endangered Ecosystem by Fred B. Samson (editor) and Fritz L. Knopf (editor). Island Press, 1996. ISBN 1559634278 (hardcover). (Also available in paperback, 1996. ISBN 1559634286).

Rebuilding Prairies and Forests by Natalie Goldstein. Children's Book Press, 1997. ISBN 0516055429.

Save Our Prairies and Grasslands by Ron Hirschi et al. School and Library Binding, Delacorte Press 1994. ISBN 0385311494.

Seasons of the Tall Grass Prairie by Carol Lerner. William Morrow and Company, 1980.

Tallgrass Prairie by Douglas Ladd and Frank Oberle (photographer). Falcon Publishing Company, 1993. ISBN 1560442239.

Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers: A Falcon Field Guide: A Nature Conservancy Book by Douglass Ladd and Frank Oberle (photographer). Falcon Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 1560442999.

The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook: For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands by Stephen Packard (editor) et al. Island Press, 1997. ISBN 1559633190 (hardcover). (Also available in paperback, 1997. ISBN 1559633204).

Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prarie by John Madson, Dycie Madson (illustrator). Iowa Stae University Press, 1996. ISBN 0813825156.

The Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie: the Upper Midwest by Sylvan T. Runkel and Dean M. Roosa. Iowa State University Press, 1989. ISBN 0813819792.



Related Fiction

One Day in the Prairie by Jean Craighead George and Bob Marstall. Crowell, 1987. ISBN 0690045662. [Reading Level Ages 9-12] (Also available in paperback, HarperTrophy, 1996. ISBN 0064420396)

The Meadow by James Galvin. Henry Holt and Company, 1992. ISBN 0805016848.



About Native Americans

Prairie by Greg Tobin. Ballatine Books, 1997. ISBN 0345389468.



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