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Summary: Children are used to hearing about how important it is to protect nature, but they may not fully understand how the natural world can positively impact their emotional wellbeing. With that in mind, this book looks to show children how nature can be fun, uplifting, consoling and even offer companionship.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The School of Life 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J304.2 SCH

Summary: "This edition is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for Environmental Resources and Statistics. Section I: Resources, provides detailed contact information for thousands of information sources, including Associations & Organizations, Awards & Honors, Conferences, Foundations & Grants, Environmental Health, Government Agencies, National Parks & Wildlife Refuges, Publications, Research...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing, Inc.

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: R 363.7 ENV

Sheldrake, Merlin

2 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "Living at the border between life and non-life, fungi use diverse cocktails of potent enzymes and acids to disassemble some of the most stubborn substances on the planet, turning rock into soil and wood into compost, allowing plants to grow. Fungi not only help create soil, they send out networks of tubes that enmesh roots and link plants together in the 'Wood Wide Web.' Fungi also drive many...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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MacKinnon, J. B. (James Bernard)

Summary: "An award-winning ecology writer goes looking for the wilderness we've forgotten. Many people believe that only an ecological catastrophe will change humanity's troubled relationship with the natural world. In fact, as J.B. MacKinnon argues in this unorthodox look at the disappearing wilderness, we are living in the midst of a disaster thousands of years in the making--and we hardly notice it....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 MAC

Devadoss, Satyan L.

Summary: An authoriative guide to the mathematical shapes around us: how they're formed, how they're studied, and how they're applied to our everyday lives. With these lectures presented in three parts you will discover the intricate relationship between mathematics and nature, get a pointed introduction to the language mathematicians use to study shapes and dimensions, and learn how to finally make...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 516 SHA

Feltner, Linda M.

Summary: "This book will introduce and depict the artistic process, illuminated by award-winning wildlife artist, Linda Feltner. According to Feltner, it all begins with curiosity and obsessively close observation of the subject, which moves to the creation of loose sketches and drawings, and culminates in a finished artwork, or the "final" stage. While it is not a how-to manual, the book does pull...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024

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Kimmerer, Robin Wall

1 hold on 6 copies

Summary: "As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 KIM

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 KIM

Bestor, Sheri M.

Summary: "When you go into nature, just look around you. This gentle introduction to mindfulness and meditation encourages children to take cues from the creatures and sights around them, giving readers tools to manage worry and big feelings. Kid-friendly illustrations make the lessons accessible for little heads and hearts"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 508.07 BES

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BES

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Mindful Bestor

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

Summary: "Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 KIM

Woodley, Randy

Summary: Randy Woodley, an activist, scholar, and Cherokee descendant, guides us on a one-hundred-day journey to reconnect with the land around us, with the people native to that land, and with ourselves. Meditations, epigraphs, and ideas for reflection and action help us become rooted in our relationship with creation and Creator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202.12 WOO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202.12 WOO

Summary: "How do we keep a love of nature and the wild alive in our increasingly human-dominated world? According to the scientists and writers in this book, doing so is of paramount significance; however, the answer is not necessarily blanket preservation of wild places, which is increasingly unrealistic. Rather, the answer to "how to care for nature" is more nuanced and often entails acceptance of a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024

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Latham, Irene

Summary: This beautiful poetry collection introduces readers to the art of found poetry as the poet writes a 37-line poem, "Nest," then finds 160 smaller poems within it. What can you find in a poem about a robin's nest? Irene Latham masterfully discovers "nestlings" or smaller poems about an astonishing variety of subjects--emotions, wild animals, natural landmarks on all seven continents, even planets...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 LAT

Tan, Amy

7 holds on 10 copies

Summary: "In 2016, author Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds flocking to the feeders in her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Campbell, Sarah C.

Summary: Nature's repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards. Readers will be fascinated to learn that broccoli florets are fractals just like mountain ranges, river...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights 2014

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 516 CAM

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "For many years, "nature poetry" has evoked images of Romantic poets standing on mountain tops. But our poetic landscape has changed dramatically, and so has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, this book challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes -- both literal and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions, in association with the Library of Congress

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 811 YOU

Taylor, Katie

Summary: You don't need to live near a forest or have a huge garden to have a go at these projects - the activities and crafts in this book can be done on-the-go, in your neighbourhood, or at your local park. Discover the magic of the outdoors and get hands-on with activities that are perfectly suited for young children, as you collect treasure on a nature walk, learn about different types of clouds,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.5 TAY

McKibben, Bill.

Summary: 'Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth. This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that the survival of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006

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Summary: This intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, 'Wings of Life' utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2013

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY E-TV WIN

Grandin, Temple

Summary: "A guide to exploring the outdoors and asking questions about nature"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 508 GRA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 508 GRA

Levinovitz, Alan

Summary: "The widespread confusion of Nature with God and "natural" with holy has far-reaching negative consequences, from misinformation about everyday food and health choices to mistaken justifications of sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 113 LEV

Armstrong, Karen

Summary: "Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked upon nature and seen the divine. In the writings of the great thinkers across religions, the natural world inspires everything from fear, to awe, to tranquil contemplation; God, or however one defined the sublime, was present in everything. Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as sacred. In...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202 ARM

Dawnay, Gabby

Summary: "A Field Guide to Spring is a pocket-sized introduction to spring, inspired by the Forest School movement. Building on children's natural curiosity about the world around them, this book aims to establish a connection with nature at an early age that will go on to last a lifetime! Hunt for seedlings, squelch around in the mud, identify birds' eggs, and build your own nest. Discover how tadpoles...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd.

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1 available in Adult, Call number: JE DAW

Ferraro-Fanning, Angela

Summary: "Welcome to fall on the homestead! Roll up your sleeves, step into nature, and embrace a simpler life with this wholesome, fall-themed activity book. Discover what makes this season so special, learn fun new cooking, planting, and crafting skills, and find out how to make the most of nature's gifts."--Back cover

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ivy Kids, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2022

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Flatt, Lizann

Summary: As young readers journey into the natural world, they will discover that numbers, patterns, shapes -- and much more! -- can be found by observing everyday plants and animals.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FLA

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