The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.

Teale worked as a co-writer for a segment titled "Vernal Equinox" on the March 20 1955 episode of Omnibus a TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation produced by Robert Saudek and hosted by Alistair Cooke on the CBS Television Network. Bibliography
The Book of Gliders (1930)
Grassroot Jungles (1937)
The Boys' Book of Insects (1939)
The Boys' Book of Photography (1939)
The Golden Throng (1940)
Byways to Adventure: A Guide to Nature Hobbies (1942)
Near Horizons (1942)
Dune Boy: The Early Years of a Naturalist (1943)
The Lost Woods (1945)
Walden - Introduction commentary photographs (1946)
Days without Time (1948)
The Insect World of J. He received an Indiana Author's Day award in 1960 and the Doctor of Humane Letters (LHD) honorary degree from Indiana University in 1970.

He is perhaps best known for his series The American Seasons four books documenting over 75000 miles (121000 km) of automobile travel across North America following the changing seasons. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1930 - 1980.