Conservation
Lending Library
Pickaway Soil & Water Conservation District
110 Island Road, Suite D, Circleville, Ohio 43113-9056
Phone: 740-477-1693 | Website: www.pickawayswcd.org
About Our Lending Library
The lending library was created to provide materials to educators and community members of Pickaway County Free of Charge.
Books checked out in 1 week increments, please call our office for reservations at 740-477-1693.
AGRICULTURE
“Alternative Agriculture”
By National Research Council
Paperback, 464 pages
Book Description:
More and more farmers are adopting a diverse range of alternative practices designed to reduce dependence on synthetic chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and antibiotics; cut costs; increase profits; and reduce the adverse environmental consequences of agricultural production.
�Alternative Agriculture describes the increased use of these new practices and other changes in agriculture since World War II, and examines the role of federal policy in encouraging this evolution, as well as factors that are causing farmers to look for profitable, environmentally safe alternatives. Eleven case studies explore how alternative farming methods have been adopted--and with what economic results--on farms of various sizes from California to Pennsylvania.
“Anywhere Farm”
By Phyllis Root
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Age Range: 2-6 years
Grade Level: Preschool-1st Grade
Hardcover, 32 pages
Book Description:
You might think a farm means fields, tractors, and a barnyard full of animals. But you can plant a farm anywhere you like! A box or a bucket, a boot or a pan — almost anything can be turned into a home for green, growing things. Windows, balconies, and front steps all make wonderful spots to start. Who knows what plants you may choose to grow and who will come to see your new garden?
“Finding Out About Where Food Comes From”
By Janet Cook and Shirley Bond
Hardcover, 24 pages
Book Description:
This book describes all the things that happen to food before it reaches your table. It shows how and where food is grown, how it is canned, frozen or dried, and how it is packaged for sale in shops. You can find out how the fizz gets into lemonade, how crisp starts life, what turns milk into yogurt, and much more.
“The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals”
By Michael Pollan
Hardcover, 464 pages
Book Description:
Pollan has divided The Omnivore's Dilemma into three parts, one for each of the food chains that sustain us: industrialized food, alternative or "organic" food, and food people obtain by dint of their own hunting, gathering, or gardening. Pollan follows each food chain literally from the ground up to the table, emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the species we depend on. He concludes each section by sitting down to a meal—at McDonald's, at home with his family sharing a dinner from Whole Foods, and in a revolutionary "beyond organic" farm in Virginia. For each meal he traces the provenance of everything consumed, revealing the hidden components we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods reflects our environmental and biological inheritance.
“Pumpkin Circle:
The Story of a Garden”
Photography by Shmuel Thaler
Story by George Levenson
Age Range: 5-8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten-3rd
Paperback, 40 pages
Book Description:
The development of a pumpkin seed into a plant, pumpkin, jack-o'-lantern, and, completing the circle, back to seed again, is the subject of this colorful book.
**This book is included with our composting program. If you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of this book, click here to sign-up
“Pumpkin Pumpkin”
By Jeanne Titherington
Age Range: 4-8 years
Grade Level: Preschool-3rd
Paperback, 24 pages
Book Description:
Jamie plants a pumpkin seed in the spring and, after watching it grow all summer, carves a face in it for Halloween! But best of all, he saves some seeds that he will plant again next spring.
**This book is included with our Composting program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“Right This Very Minute: a table-to-farm book about food and farming”
By Lisl H. Detlefsen
Art by Renee Kurilla
Grade Level: K-2
Hardback, 32 pages
Book Description:
What's that you say? You're hungry? Right this very minute? Then you need a farmer. You have the stories of so many right here on your table! Award winners Lisl H. Detlefsen and Renee Kurilla's delicious celebration of food and farming is sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute!
COMPOSTING
“Composting Nature’s Recyclers”
By Robin Koontz
Illustrated by Matthew Harrad
Age Range: 5-10 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten-4th
Paperback, 24 pages
Book Description:
Dead leaves, food scraps, and grass clippings for lunch? Small animals, fungi, and bacteria called decomposers turn trash into a tasty compost treat. Learn more about compost and how you can use it in your garden or yard.
“Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth”
By Mary McKenna Siddals
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
Age Range: 3-7 years
Grade Level: Preschool-2nd
Paperback, 40 pages
Book Description:
Kids everywhere are knowledgeable about the environment and climate change. Not only is composting becoming more common in households and residential gardens, but many school gardens feature compost piles, too. But how do you start a compost pile? What’s safe to include? Perfect for an Earth Day focus or year-round reference, this inviting book provides all the answers for kids and families looking for simple, child-friendly ways to help the planet.
**This book is included with our Composting program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“Let It Rot: The Gardener’s Guide to Composting”
By Stu Campbell
Paperback, 153 pages
Book Description:
Transform leaves, grass, and kitchen scraps into gardener’s gold! This easy-to-use guide shows you how to turn household garbage and backyard refuse into nutrient-filled compost that can nourish your soil and promote a thriving garden. You’ll soon be saving money, minimizing waste, and enjoying bountiful harvests.
“The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad: A Book about Decomposition”
By John May and Jocelyn Stevenson
Age Range: 4-8 years
Grade Level: 1st-2nd
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
The students in Ms. Frizzle's class embark on another journey when the Magic School Bus tours a decomposing log that introduces the latter end of the life cycle and teaches readers that there's more to rot than meets the nose.
“What’s Sprouting in
My Trash: A Book About Composting”
By Esther Porter
Age Range: 4-8 years
Grade Level: 1st-2nd Grade
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
You can't recycle a banana peel . . . can you? Learn about how composting your food scraps, egg cartons, and other wastes helps make Earth a greener place.
**This book is included with our Composting program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
CONSERVATION
“America’s Public Lands: From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond”
By Randall K. Wilson
Paperback, 334 pages
Book Description:
How is it that the United States—the country that cherishes the ideal of private property more than any other in the world—has chosen to set aside nearly one-third of its territory as public lands? Considering this intriguing question, Randall K. Wilson traces the often-forgotten ideas of nature that have shaped the evolution of America’s public land system. The result is a fresh and probing account of the most pressing policy and management challenges facing national parks, forests, rangelands, and wildlife refuges today.
“Prairie Seedling and Seeding Evaluation Guide”
By Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever
Spirlbound, 120 pages
Book Description:
Guide the discusses prairie seedlings, and weed seedlings along with Prairie Seedling Evaluation guidelines.
“Protecting Rivers & Streams”
By: Kamini Khanduri
Grade Level: 3rd-5th
Hardback, 310 pages
Book Description:
Using clear text and beautiful illustrations, this book outlines the threats to marine and freshwater habitats and explains what can and must be done to conserve them.
“57 Ways to Protect
Your Home Environment
(and Yourself)”
Adult
Paperback, 310 pages
Book Description:
Protect your home and health . These words make for an eye catching headline, but exactly how concerned do you need to be about such contaminates around your home? And what should you do to keep your home, yourself, and your family safe? This book tackles these and other issues with an easy-to-read practical approach. Drawing on university expertise. 57 ways sorts the myth from the science and outlines specific things you can do to reduce the risk in your home environment.
EARTH SCIENCE
“Dictionary of the Earth ”
By: John Farndon
Age Range: 9+
Grade Level: 4th-6th
Hardback, 192 pages
Book Description:
Provides informative definitions of more than two thousand words and places each within a context example, in a subject-categorized reference for enthusiastic young scientists.
“Planet Earth:
A Practical Introduction with Projects & Activities”
By: Fiona Watt
Hardback, 48 pages
Book Description:
Examines how the Earth's features and landscapes were formed and looks at the various processes which continue to shape the Earth's surface including: rivers, the sea, and the weather; also includes experiments and activities.
“The Usborne Encyclopedia of Planet Earth”
Age Range: 9+
Grade Level: 4th+
Hardback, 160 pages
Book Description:
A reference book providing views of the universe, cutaways of the Earth, information exploring how it has evolved and what causes dramatic natural phenomena. It also covers core subjects such as rocks and minerals, weather and climate as well modern concerns about the environment.
“The Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia”
Age Range: 10+
Grade Level: 4th-6th
Hardback, 96 pages
Book Description:
Introduces a variety of plants, animals, and other forms of life, discusses their life cycles and most notable characteristics, and describes different ecosystems and the creatures that live in them
“Why We Disagree About Climate Change”
By Mike Hulme
Paperback, 428 pages
Book Description:
Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and humanity's place on Earth. Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as an international climate change scientist and public commentator, Mike Hulme provides a unique insider's account of the emergence of this phenomenon and the diverse ways in which it is understood. He uses different standpoints from science, economics, faith, psychology, communication, sociology, politics and development to explain why we disagree about climate change. In this way he shows that climate change, far from being simply an 'issue' or a 'threat', can act as a catalyst to revise our perception of our place in the world. Why We Disagree About Climate Change is an important contribution to the ongoing debate over climate change and its likely impact on our lives.
EARTHWORMS
“An Earthworm’s Life”
Written and Illustrated by John Himmelman
Age Range: 5+ years
Grade Level: Kindergarten-2nd
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Describes, in simple text and illustrations, the daily activities and life cycle of the earthworm
**This book is included with our Worm program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“The Lifecycle of an Earthworm”
By Bobbie Kalman
Age Range: 6-9 years
Grade Level: 1st-3rd Grade
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and natural environment of the many species of earthworms that can be found throughout the world.
**This book is included with our Worm program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“The Farmer’s Earthworm Handbook”
By David Ernst
Paperback, 112 pages
Book Description:
Regardless of your tillage system, this manual will help you use earthworms to make your crop more profitable! Enlist the help of your subterranean friends in improving fertility, loosening soil so plant roots grow deeper! Follow these recommended steps to increase the numbers of earthworms which will allow you to increase profits while reducing tillage, fertilizer and chemical expenses. Includes charts, photos, illustrations, and 19 chapters on managing this valuable underground workforce!
“Wiggling Worms at Work”
By Wendy Pfeffer
Illustrated by Steve Jenkins
Age Range: 4-8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten-4th
Paperback, 40 pages
Book Description:
Crawling through the dirt, worms are hard at work, helping plants to grow. Worms help the fruit and vegetables we eat by loosening the soil and feeding the plants. Read and find out about these wiggling wonders!
**This book is included with our Worm program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“Worms Eat My Garbage”
By Mary Appelhof
Paperback, 176 pages
Book Description:
The definitive guide to vermicomposting--a process using redworms to recycle human food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants. Author Mary Appelhof provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Internationally recognized as an authority on vermicomposting, Appelhof worked with worms for over three decades. Topics include: bin types, worm species, reproduction, care and feeding of worms, harvesting, and how to make the finished product of potting soil.
“Worm Weather”
By Jean Taft
Illustrated by Matt Hunt
Age Range: 3-5 years
Grade Level: Preschool- Kindergarten
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Join in the rainy-day fun, as kids splash through the puddles, affecting another weather enthusiast, a nearby worm. An imaginative and playful story, readers will love seeing the worm delight in the weather just as much as the kid
**This book is included with our Worm program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“Yucky Worms”
By Vivian French
Illustrated by Jessica Ahlberg
Age Range: 4-8 years
Grade Level: Preschool-3rd
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Who would want to be friends with a wiggly, slimy worm? You can’t even tell which end is which! But there’s more to these lowly creatures than meets the eye. Kids are invited to find out where worms live, see how they move, and understand why gardeners consider them friends with the help of this humorous and informative look at an unappreciated — and fascinating — creature.
**This book is included with our Worm program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
ECOLOGY
“Ecology”
By Steve Pollock
Hardcover, 72 pages
Book Description:
Be an eyewitness to the world of ecology and discover the complex and fascinating ways in which living things are connected to their environment,
FICTION
“Strange as this Weather Has Been”
By Ann Pancake
Paperback, 370 pages
Book Description:
Set in present day West Virginia, Ann Pancake’s debut novel, Strange As This Weather Has Been, tells the story of a coal mining family—a couple and their four children—living through the latest mining boom and dealing with the mountaintop removal and strip mining that is ruining what is left of their mountain life. As the mine turns the mountains to slag and wastewater, workers struggle with layoffs and children find adventure in the blasted moonscape craters.
“Trampoline: An Illustrated Novel”
By Robert Gipe
Paperback, 336 pages
Book Description:
Dawn Jewell is fifteen. She is restless, curious, and wry. She listens to Black Flag, speaks her mind, and joins her grandmother’s fight against mountaintop removal mining almost in spite of herself. “I write by ear,” says Robert Gipe, and Dawn’s voice is the essence of his debut novel, Trampoline. She lives in eastern Kentucky with her addict mother and her Mamaw, whose stance against the coal companies has earned her the community’s ire. Jagged and honest, Trampoline is a powerful portrait of a place struggling with the economic and social forces that threaten and define it. Inspired by oral tradition and punctuated by Gipe’s raw and whimsical drawings, it is above all about its heroine, Dawn, as she decides whether to save a mountain or save herself; be ruled by love or ruled by anger; remain in the land of her birth or run for her life.
FORESTRY
“The Lorax”
Written by Dr. Seuss
Hardback, 61 pages
Book Description:
Presenting a series of innovative visual manuals on a wide variety of popular subjects, these richly illustrated companions offers detailed cutaway views, maps, specially commissioned photographs, informative captions, and a fact-filled text as they cover the basics of different topics of interest.
“Trees”
Paperback, 360 pages
Book Description:
Presenting a series of innovative visual manuals on a wide variety of popular subjects, these richly illustrated companions offers detailed cutaway views, maps, specially commissioned photographs, informative captions, and a fact-filled text as they cover the basics of different topics of interest.
GPS
“Fun with GPS”
By Donald Cooke
Paperback, 136 pages
Book Description:
For the millions of GPS owners who love their GPS units but don't know all they can do with them, this fun guide shows that a GPS can do a lot more than just calculate a location. Dozens of illustrated examples show how a GPS can be attached to a multitude of devices, including dogsleds, race cars, hot-air balloons, windsurfers, pet animals, ski racers, hockey players, and sailboats.
INSECTS
“Backyard Bugs”
By Carron Brown and Wesley Robbins
Age Range: 4-8 years
Grade Level: Preschool +
Hardcover, 36 pages
Book Description:
Focusing on the stories of four high-profile endangered species—the California condor, desert tortoise, Delta smelt, and San Joaquin kit fox—Alagona offers an absorbing account of how Americans developed a political system capable of producing and sustaining debates in which imperiled species serve as proxies for broader conflicts about the politics of place. The challenge for conservationists in the twenty-first century, this book claims, will be to redefine habitat conservation beyond protected wildlands to build more diverse and sustainable landscapes.
“BUGS”
By Nancy Winslow Parker and
Joan Richards Wright
Illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker
Age Range: 4-8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten-3rd
Hardback, 40 pages
Book Description:
Sixteen insects are described in lively couplets, illustrations, and diagrams.
“Caterpillar to Butterfly”
By Melvin and Gilda Berger
Age Range: 3-5 years
Grade Level: Preschool- 2nd Grade
Paperback, 16 pages
Book Description:
This book introduces facts about a butterfly's growth cycle.
**This book is included with our Butterfly Life-Cycle program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs, and Other Ughs”
By Anthony D. Fredericks
Illustrated by Jennifer DiRubbio
Age Range: 4-10 years
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
A whole community of insects and other creatures lives under rocks—worms and ants, spiders and slugs, crickets and beetles. Dr. Fredericks focuses on the whole community of neighbors where the ground beneath a big old rock is home to them all.
PLANTS
“Secrets of the Vegetable Garden”
By Carron Brown and Giordano Poloni
Age Range: 2-6 years
Hardback, 36 pages
Book Description:
Discover the hidden wonders of the vegetable garden, with this illustrated book that reveals nature’s secrets. By simply holding the book up to the light behind each page, young children will be able to discover the animals and plants that live in and around a vegetable patch, from the worms in the soil, to the birds in the treetops.
“Why are Jungles in Danger: and other questions about things that grow”
By Sue Nicholson
Age Range: 6-10 years
Paperback, 32 pages
POND MANAGEMENT
“How to Identify and Control Water Weed and Algae”
ROCKS
“Rocks & Fossils”
Martyn Bramwell
Grade Level: 4th-6th
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Detailed diagrams and illustrations help explain the geological processes that have formed different rocks, minerals and fossils. Also shows the best places to hunt for rocks, collect and identify samples, how to make fossil casts, grow your own crystals and polish pebbles.
“Under Ohio: The Story of Ohio’s Rocks and Fossils”
By Charles Ferguson Barker
Age Range: 9-12 years
Grade Level: 4th-6th
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
There is much more for children to discover about Ohio than first meets the eye. This book takes young readers underground to reveal the fascinating story of Ohio’s geology. Barker presents this story through colorful illustrations, sending his readers down the “Ohio Timepike” and back a billion years to when the earth under Ohio split, creating faults that cause the earthquakes felt today. He tells of colliding continents that pushed up mountains taller than the Rockies and of the tremendous impact of the Ice Age, which profoundly altered the landscape. He shows fossil coral and shells, evidence of the tropical seas that once covered the state. Under Ohio offers a rich, interactive source of information for kids, parents, teachers, or anyone who would like to uncover facts about the state’s geological features. Armed with a list of Ohio’s best sites for rock and fossil hunting, junior geologists will want to set out on an adventure that can begin in their own backyards.
Scientists & Data
“Exemplary Evidence:
Scientists and Their Data”
By Jessica Fries-Gaither
Illustrated by Linda Oliver
Age Range: 8-11
Grade Level: 3rd-5th
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
If you think of science as a puzzle, you’ll see that data is a key to unlocking it. Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data touches on the world’s many riddles - from how we see to what’s at the bottom of the ocean. It shares how scientists have solved such puzzles by collecting measurements, taking notes, and even making sketches. The book also provides mini-bios of the nine featured scientists plus four steps to using data to tease out your own answers about how the world works.
SOIL
“Different Kinds of Soil”
By Molly Aloian
Age Range: 8-11 years
Grade Level: 3rd-4th
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Different Kinds of Soil will help children understand the composition of soil, its layers, and what organic and inorganic matter is found in soil. Comparisons of soil particles help describe different types of soil, soils from different climates, how soil type affects plant and animal life, and the value of fertile soil.
“How is Soil Made?”
By Heather L. Montgomery
Age Range: 8-11 years
Grade Level: 3rd-4th
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Looks at the organic and inorganic processes that form different types of soil.
“Micro Life in Soil”
By Natalie Hyde
Age Range: 8-11 years
Grade Level: 3rd-4th
Paperback, 32 pages
Book Description:
Looks at the tiny organisms that are found in the soil and their roles in the larger ecosystem.
“Soil”
By Adele D. Richardson
Age Range: 7-9 years
Grade Level: 3rd+
Paperback, 24 pages
Book Description:
Discusses the different types of soil, its properties, erosion, pollution, and how humans can protect soil.
**This book is included with our Soil Tunnel program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
“Soil: Get the Inside Scoop”
By David L. Lindbo
Age Range: 9-12 years
Grade Level: 3rd-4th Grade
Paperback, 36 pages
Book Description:
Explores how soil is part of our life-the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, the houses we live in, and more. Along the way, readers learn about different kinds of soil and meet the scientists who work with soil every day.
“The Art of Balancing Boil Nutrients: A practical guide to interpreting soil tests ”
By William McKibben
Paperback, 245 pages
Book Description:
A practical guide to interpreting soil test results for farmers and other stewards of the earth wanting to understand what nutrients are available to plants and learn how to more effectively grow crops, turfgrass and other plants. This book, written by an experienced soil consultant, gives real-world advice about how to decipher the jungle of numbers found on soil and water test reports and shows how to comprehend what the numbers mean for your crop.
“The Soil in Jackie’s Garden”
By Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by Nelly Daggett
Age Range: 5-8 years
Grade Level: K-2nd
Hardback, 32 pages
Book Description:
The Soil in Jackie’s Garden follows the journey of Jackie and her garden friends as they plant a garden, nurture and harvest their own food, and recycle scraps to compost. A fantastic book to engage young readers in becoming environmental stewards, learning how to care for a garden, understanding a plant life cycle, discovering the power of pollinators and the importance of composting.
“What is Soil and Why is it Important ”
Grade Level: 2nd+
Paperback, 40 pages
Book Description:
It’s filled with all sorts of bugs and other finds, the soil is very important to life. It is the key ingredient to why plants grow, why animals exist, and why humans live.
**This book is included with our Soil Tunnel program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
WATER
“A Guide to Ohio Streams”
Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
Edited by Randall E. Sanders
Info & Graphic Design by Ronald J. Zimmerman
Published by Streams Committee,
Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
Paperback
“A River Ran Wild”
By Lynne Cherry
Age Range: 6-10 years
Grade Level: 1st-4th
Hardcover, 40 pages
Book Description:
A story of restoration and renewal. Learn how the modern-day descendants of the Nashua Indians and European settlers were able to combat pollution and restore the beauty of the Nashua River in Massachusetts.
“Creek Critters”
By Lennifer Keats Curtis
Illustrated by Phyllis Saroff
Age Range:
Grade Level:
Paperback, 30 pages
Book Description:
Do you like scavenger hunts? How do you tell if creek water is clean and healthy? Join Lucas and his sister as they act like scientists looking for certain kinds of stream bugs (aquatic macroinvertebrates) that need clean, unpolluted water to survive. What will they find as they turn over rocks, pick up leaves and sort through the mud? Read along to find out if their creek gets a passing grade.
“Spring Waters,
Gathering Places ”
By Sandra Chisholm DeYonge
Age Range: 9+ years
Paperback, 80 pages
Book Description:
Early people thought that springs were a gift from the earth. Beautifully illustrated stories and myths chronicle the use of spring waters through time. Games and investigations lead readers to an understanding of groundwater, springs, and the importance of healthy water for healthy people everywhere.
“Southern Waters: The Limits to Abundance”
By Craig E. Colten
Book Description:
From the arrival of the first European settlers, the South's inhabitants have pursued a course of maximum exploitation and control of the area's plentiful waters, investing widely in wetland drainage and massive flood-control projects. Disputes over southern waterways go back nearly as far: obstruction of fish migration by mill dams prompted new policies to protect aquatic life as early as the colonial era. Colten argues that such conflicts, which have heightened dramatically since the explosive urbanization of the mid-twentieth century, will only become more frequent and intense, making the shift toward sustainable use a national imperative. In tracing the evolving uses and abuses of southern waters, Colten offers crucial insights into the complex historical geography of water throughout the region. A masterful analysis of the ways in which past generations harnessed and consumed water, Southern Waters also stands as a guide to adapting our water usage to cope with the looming shortage of this once-abundant resource.
“THE RAINSTICK:
A FABLE”
By Sandra Chisholm Robinson
Illustrated by Peter Grosshauser
Grade Level: 3rd-4th
Paperback, 40 pages
Book Description:
A boy embarks on a quest to bring back the sound of rain to his West African village. Includes a discussion of how rainsticks are used today and instructions for making a rainstick.
“Water Words:
Rhymed and Defined”
By Barbara Shaw McKinney
Illustrated by Carolyn R. Stich
Age Range: 9+
Grade Level: 4th+
Hardcover, 32 pages
Book Description:
Water-related poems, colorful illustrations, definitions and interesting facts from H20 help readers explore the wonders of water and know just the right "wate words" to voice their appreciation and concern for water and its future to Earth.
**This book is included with our Incredible Journey program, if you are interested in a 40 minute presentation about the topic of your book click here to sign-up
WILDLIFE
“After the Grizzly: Endangered Species and the Politics of Place in California”
By Peter S. Alagona
Book Description:
Focusing on the stories of four high-profile endangered species—the California condor, desert tortoise, Delta smelt, and San Joaquin kit fox—Alagona offers an absorbing account of how Americans developed a political system capable of producing and sustaining debates in which imperiled species serve as proxies for broader conflicts about the politics of place. The challenge for conservationists in the twenty-first century, this book claims, will be to redefine habitat conservation beyond protected wildlands to build more diverse and sustainable landscapes.
“Animal Journeys”
By Carron Brown and Carrie May
4-8 years
Hardcover, 36 pages
Book Description:
Many animals migrate to find food, water, warmer weather, or a safe place to have their young. Follow along on 15 amazing animal journeys by shining a light through this book's special pages.
“Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife”
By David Mizejewski
Adult
Hardcover, 128 pages
Book Description:
A backyard can come alive by creating an environment with plants and spaces that attract nature's most interesting and friendly creatures. Colorful butterflies, uplifting songbirds, and lively toads can enhance the personal garden space, giving pleasure to nature lovers of all ages. National Wildlife Federation's® Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife provides over a dozen step-by-step projects for families to do together, making getting back to nature easy, educational, and fun.