Selected Publications by
Jasper Burns
As Author and Illustrator
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VIPSANIA: A
ROMAN ODYSSEY A novel based on the lives of Tiberius, the 2nd Roman emperor, and his first wife Vipsania. |
FOSSIL DREAMS An illustrated collection of poems and
pictures about fossils and fossil collecting. |
SELECTED LIVES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SOUL Pietas Publications, 2006 The illustrated story of the lives and spiritual journey of an individual soul, beginning 1 billion years ago. |
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TRILOBITES: COMMON TRILOBITES
OF NORTH AMERICA An introduction to trilobites and how they lived, with illustrated descriptions of 41 common species. |
FOSSIL
COLLECTING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES An illustrated guide to fossils and fossil collecting with localities - mostly in Virginia and West Virginia. |
GREAT WOMEN OF IMPERIAL ROME Routledge, 2006 Illustrated biographies of 11 empresses from the golden age of the Roman Empire, plus a summary of the later empresses. |
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EXPLORING FOSSILS: AN ACTIVITY BOOK Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1998 An illustrated children's guide to the
fossils and geologic history of Virginia. Includes activities and
recreated scenes of prehistoric life. |
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THE MINTS
BOOK: AN INQUIRY FIELD GUIDE An illustrated guide to the plants and animals that can be found in the schoolyards of southwestern Virginia. (Cover by another artist.) |
DISCOVERING
FOSSILS A splendidly written introduction to fossils and fossil collecting with pen and ink drawings of numerous specimens. |
FUN
WITH MAMMALS A children's guide to the mammals of Virginia, with color and black and white illustrations, including cut-out masks. |
FROMMER'S
GUIDE TO YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARKS The first of many Frommer's guides to the national parks of the U.S. with illustrations of plants and animals by Jasper Burns. |
Miscellaneous and Out of Print
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Exploring Virginia's Endangered Species
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Angling Alpine (OP)
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PB's Quick Index to Bird Nesting (OP)
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Guide to Used Book Dealers (OP)
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