Category: Book Review
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Book Review: Lassoing the Sun by Mark Woods
The Centennial of the National Park Service has inspired many people to take journeys through the parks and write about them. Mark Woods planned a year-long odyssey to twelve national parks to ask questions about their future. Each park was supposed to symbolize a different issue the parks are facing in the future. He ended…
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Book Review: Leaflets Three, Let it Be! by Anita Sanchez
I recently received a book for the purposes of review that I’d like to share with you today. Leaflets Three, Let it Be! is a picture book for children about identifying poison ivy. But it also shows the many uses of the plant through the seasons. It is written by Anita Sanchez and illustrated by…
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Book Review: Baby Birds: An Artist Looks Into the Nest by Julie Zickefoose
It’s truly spring here in the Pacific Northwest, and everything is budding and blooming. The birds are noisy in the mornings, the morning chorus announcing the breeding season. Pretty soon, baby birds will be hatching, begging for food, and learning to fly. For the past two years we’ve had bird nests built on our…
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National Parks Week 2016, and Review of National Geographic Guides
April 16-24, 2016 has been designated National Parks Week. This national event is a time to focus on and celebrate all that the National Parks have to offer us. During this week, admission is free to all parks, and special events are planned at many sites. The Park Service has created a special website for this…
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Day Hiking: Mount St. Helens, Book Review and Interview
Mount St. Helens has held a special place in the soul of the Pacific Northwest since its eruptions in the 1980s. Many of us parents are old enough to remember following the saga on the news, and remember where we were on the day of the big eruption. We find it fascinating to visit this…
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Book Review and Giveaway: How to Raise a Wild Child by Scott Sampson
A decade ago, Richard Louv came out with the groundbreaking book Last Child in the Woods. He sounded the alarm for parents and caregivers about how our children are not getting enough time in nature, and the consequences of this paucity of exposure. Now Dr. Scott Sampson has written a book to help parents with…
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Book Review: The North Cascades: Finding Beauty and Renewal in the Wild Nearby
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege to attend one of the book launch gatherings for a new book. The North Cascades: Finding Beauty and Renewal in the Wild Nearby takes a unique and fresh look at one of my favorite regions to explore. Several local authors have contributed to this book, tackling…
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Book Review: Day Hiking the San Juans and Gulf Islands by Craig Romano
I was fortunate to receive a review copy of Craig Romano’s new hiking guide, Day Hiking The San Juans and Gulf Islands. I’ve been browsing through it often, and found my mind was opened to new possibilities for kid hikes that I hadn’t known about. We tried out two short new trails (new to us,…
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Book Review and Interview: A Kid’s Guide to Birding
If you’ve followed my blog for long, you’ll know that we love birds in this family, and we love field guides of all kinds. We have an ever-growing collection of birding guides on our guide book shelves. (Yes, we have multiple shelves for field guides.) So when I first saw this book, A Kid’s Guide…
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Book Review: The Young Birder’s Guide, Plus Interview with Bill Thompson III
As I posted awhile back, I recently received a package of books from a publisher to review. One of these books was The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America by Bill Thompson III. We have several birding guides on our bookshelves, but we could see right away that this book is different. It…