9 Books about the Nature of New York City
Here is our Nature of NYC book list. Let us know what you’ve read and the books we should add to the list.
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5 Picture Books about the Seasons
Yesterday we offered three seasonal activities for the summer. Today we have a round-up of children’s books about the seasons. One is specific to summer, one is about spring, and the remainder are about all the seasons of the year. 1. The Village Garage, by G. Brian Karas This a recent favorite. The plot cleverly […]
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9 Picture Books about Camping
Summer is here! It’s the season for outdoor activities like camping, going to the beach, fishing, and more. This post features nine stories about camping. Stay tuned for future posts about other activities. 1. Arthur Goes to Camp, by Marc Brown We are reading this book a lot lately as there is a day camp […]
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Political ecology of urban trees in Turkey and elsewhere
Image: Gezi Park, Istanbul via Google Maps If you have been following the protests in Turkey, you know they were triggered by the government’s reaction to citizen protests against constructing a mall on Gezi Park, a central greenspace in Istanbul vegetated with hundreds of sycamores. In a blog post titled “Gezi Park, Nearby Nature, and […]
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6 Landscape Books written by Mothers
Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama suggested her book, American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America, as a Mother’s Day gift to the audience at the Politics & Prose bookstore in D.C. Her remarks sparked this post: books about landscapes – domestic, public, and private – written by […]
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Celebrate Arbor Day. A Collection of Tree Guides
In honor of Arbor Day, I am sharing part of my collection of over 20 tree guides covering New York, New England, the South, the Pacific Coast, and California as well as Madrid and the Castilla and Leon region of Spain. Many of the books in my tree guide collection are shown in local ecologist […]
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