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Bringing
Nature Home, How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens Douglas W. Tallamy ìIncreasing the percentage of natives in suburbia is a grassroots solution to the extinction crisis.... As gardeners and stewards of our land, we have never been so empowered ó and the ecological stakes have never been so high.î What you plant in your own backyard does make a difference. Douglas Tallamy approaches this issue from the perspective of a practicing entomologist, and his new book has gained national attention. His conclusions are both obvious and startling. Timber Press. |
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Attracting
Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife David Mizejewski "Creating a wildlife habitat is more than just planting a pretty garden. It's actually restoring one small piece of the ecosystem," writes David Mizejewski. It's your yard; you and your family have certain needs and expectations of it ó and so do the wildlife! This book provides insight into ways to adapt your personal landscape to provide wildlife's basic needs of food, water, cover, and places to bear and raise young, as well as tips on creating a National Wildlife Federation "Certified Wildlife Habitat." National Wildlife Federation. |
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The
Wildlife Gardener's Guide Janet Marinelli "I've read a lot of wildlife gardening books over the years," wrote author Janet Marinelli, "and they are all big on generalities — reduce the size of your lawn, plant native wildflowers, stop using pesticides, and so on — but distressingly short on useful specifics. That's why I wrote this book.... The ten projects described in these pages can be used to make an existing garden more attractive to wildlife, or to create a new planting from scratch. They will transform your property into a refuge that provides wildlife with all their daily needs: food, water, and safe places to hide, rest, and nest." Brooklyn Botanic Garden. |
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Last
Child in the Woods Richard Louv "Nature... offers something that the street or gated community or computer game cannot. Nature presents the young with something so much greater than they are; it offers an environment where they can easily contemplate infinity and eternity." Louv verbalizes the gut feeling in many of our hearts that yearns for our children to experience the out-of-doors firsthand, that is appalled if the local school no longer allows students to play at recess, that mourns for a child's sense of wonder that our culture so hurriedly squelches. Not only that, but he has researched the ramifications, and he articulates connections between a child's interaction with nature, his involvement with and sense of place — and his imagination, creativity, sense of well-being, and more. A thought-provoking book. Algonquin Books. |
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I Can Name 50 Trees
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Peterson
Field Guide Color-in Book: Wildflowers Roger Tory Peterson & Frances Tenenbaum Color your own field guide! The plants are arranged by habitat: woods, fields, wetlands, and sandy soil. Coloring the drawings helps you to notice and to remember each plant's color and shape, while offering a pleasant way to learn. The drawings are accompanied by informative text and colored stickers. Houghton Mifflin Company |
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American
Wild Flowers Coloring Book Illustrations rendered by Paul E. Kennedy The wild flowers in this book have been redrawn from paintings published by the Smithsonian Institute in 1925. The book is copyrighted, but Dover Publications encourages teachers to reproduce pages for use in the classroom, and the illustrations may be used for crafts projects. Dover Publications, Inc. |
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Backyard
Nature Coloring Book Dot Barlowe Backyard Nature Coloring Book gives kids fun-to-color glimpses of our non-human backyard neighbors, and the illustrations are accompanied by informative commentary. The book is copyrighted, but Dover Publications encourages teachers to reproduce pages for use in the classroom, and the illustrations may be used for crafts projects. Dover Publications, Inc. |
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