Nature
Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall
jE Blackall
Picture Books, Historical Fiction, Nature, Kids
"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."--
The brilliant deep : rebuilding the world's coral reefs : the story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation
Kate Messner
jE Messner
Picture Books, Biographies, Nature, Science
Looks at the life of the coral restoration pioneer Ken Nedimyer, from his early fascination with the ocean to his ongoing efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs.
Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe's new picture book biography about Ken Nedimyer is absolutely stunning. This is a perfect place to start learning about our rapidly changing oceans and the efforts being made to combat the bleaching of coral reefs. Parents and children will love this title, not only for it's beautiful artwork, but for the wealth of information and hope that it embodies. It's never too early or late to learn that individuals have the power to impact great change. -Casey
Hello hello
Brendan Wenzel
jE Wenzel
Picture Books, Nature
In simple text a set of animals, each one linked to the previous one by some trait of shape, color, or pattern, greet and interact with one another.
Field Guide/Animal Primer by Caldecott Honoree Brendan Wenzel-- -Casey
The essential herbal for natural health : how to transform easy-to-find herbs into healing remedies for the whole family
Holly Bellebuono
615.321 /Bellebuono
Health, Nature
An introduction to herbal healing for beginners focuses on thirteen foundation herbs while explaining how to prepare hundreds of simple and effective home treatments for common conditions, including stomach aches, anxiety, and dry skin.
Another good place to start if you are new to making herbal preparations and want to start working with some well-known herbs. -Heidi K
Rosemary Gladstar's medicinal herbs : a beginner's guide.
Rosemary Gladstar
615.321 /Gladstar
Nature
Rosemary Gladstar offers an introduction for a new generation of gardeners and natural health and self-sufficiency enthusiasts. Thirty-three of the most common and versatile healing plants are profiled in depth to get the budding herbalist off on the right foot. Readers will learn how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use each herb. Step-by-step instructions explain how to prepare herbal teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, oils, and liniments to stock the home medicine chest. Simple recipes explore each plant's healing qualities -- aloe lotion for poison ivy, dandelion-burdock tincture for sluggish digestion, and lavender-lemon balm tea for stress relief.
Added by Heidi K
The healing intelligence of essential oils : the science of advanced aromatherapy
Kurt Schnaubelt
615.321 /Schnaubelt
Health, Nature
"Explores science's new biological understanding of essential oils for improved immunity and treatment of degenerative diseases"--
Added by Heidi K
The unsettlers : in search of the good life in today's America
Mark Sundeen
640 /Sundeen
Nonfiction, Nature
A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for the simple life through the stories of three families of new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for--or create--a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.--
Are you FASCINATED by people who manage to live off the grid for long periods of time? Me, too! -Anne W
A charm of goldfinches and other wild gatherings : quirky collective nouns of the animal kingdom
Matt Sewell
590 /Sewell
Nature
British artist, illustrator and author Matt Sewell's newest book is a wonderfully guide to many of the group names that humans have given to members of the animal kingdom. A Charm of Goldfinches contains more than 50 animal groups, each with Sewell's beautiful watercolor illustrations and a half-page discussion of how the names came to be.
Everyone knows a pride of lions and a pod of dolphins. But what do you call a group of foxes or crocodiles? What animal make up a shiver or a parliament? -Beth
Up in the garden and down in the dirt
Kate Messner
jE Messner
Picture Books, Nature, Gardening
"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt."--
One in a great nonfiction picture book series, be sure to look for the others. -Casey
And then it's spring
Julie Fogliano
jE Fogliano
Picture Books, Nature
Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.
Added by Casey
All in all,"Hello Lighthouse" radiates as much warmth as light and will surely be pored over for its lustrous details and touching story. -Casey