Hutchens, Alma R.
Summary: "The definitive guide to native medicinal plants and their uses." Includes information on "more than two hundred medicinal plants ... with descriptions of each plant's appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Romero, Libby
Summary: "Children aged 7-9 can learn all about incredible natural features like Niagara Falls--and find out which North American waterfall is actually higher! Get to know the unique animals that live only in southern Florida. Find out which species can survive in Death Valley, the hottest place in the world. Full of amazing photographs and charming illustrations, this fascinating nature book is your...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.97 ROMNature Study Guild (Berkeley, Calif.)
Summary: "An illustrated guide to identifying plants, animals, and constellations in North America"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 508.7 HOWGeniusz, Mary Siisip
Summary: This book is filled with stories, teachings, culinary and medicinal recipes from Anishinaabe traditions, handed down from past generations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2015
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Publishes papers on all aspects of the natural history of plants of North America north of Mexico, including systematics, floristics, ecology, conservation, botanical history, economic botany and ethnobotany, restoration, and other areas of organismal botany. Plant groups includes vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, and algae. The Great Lakes region is defined as the entirety of the states and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Magazines - previous years, Call number: 2022-01/06Call number: 2022-07/12
Call number: 2023-01/06
2 available in Magazine, Call number: 2023-07/12
Call number: 2024-01/06
Fike, Jimmy W.
Summary: "Featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part of the plant. While the images initially appear to be scientific illustrations or photograms from the dawn of photography when plants were placed directly on sensitized paper and exposed under the sun, a closer look reveals, according to Liesl Bradner of the Los Angeles Times, "haunting [and]...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Lightning Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.6 FIKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 581.6 FIKThayer, Samuel
Summary: Incredible Wild Edibles covers 36 of the best edible wild plants in North America: fruits, berries, nuts, shoots, leafy greens, root vegetables, culinary herbs, teas, and syrups that boast exceptional flavor and nutrition. The plants chosen represent every habitat and every region in North America, from the northern forests to the southwest deserts, from the largest cities to the wildest...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forager's Harvest Press 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.6 THASummary: Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRAZachos, Ellen
Summary: "How to Forage for Wild Foods without Dying is a book for anyone who likes to go on nature walks and would like to learn about the edible plants they're most likely to come across-no matter what region they're in. Author Ellen Zachos shares her considerable expertise, acquired over decades of foraging in every part of North America. She offers clear, concise descriptions of edible wild plants,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 581.6 ZACCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATSummary: By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BURCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BURFlorence, Melanie
Summary: "This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLOWilson, Joseph S.
Summary: This book provides an introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering tips for telling them apart in the field. The book features more than 900 color photos of the bees living all around us -- in our gardens and parks, along nature trails, and in the wild spaces between. It describes their natural...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.79 WILWaterman, Jonathan
Summary: "This breathtaking book highlights the most glorious wilderness areas and nature preserves in North America"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023