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Nature-Themed Reading for Black History Month

, ,  |  Feb 8, 2024

This Black History Month, we are uplifting Black leaders that have made a difference by sharing personal, ancestral, and contemporary connections with nature, gardening, and community education. Progressive Nature Studies … Read more

Resources for Nature and Wildlife Book Lovers

 |  Jun 29, 2011

I don’t know about you, but reading is one of my favorite hobbies.  When I’m not thinking about ways to help wildlife, I’m thinking about books that I’d like to … Read more

School Daze and Frog Craze

 |  Nov 9, 2009

Mary Quattlebaum shares a favorite book about a scientist whose career resulted from a childhood love of frogs. Read more

Big As The Whole Outdoors

 |  Oct 22, 2009

Children’s author Mary Quattlebaum reviews the book Ladybug Girl, which celebrates a child’s creative can-do spirit. Read more

Your Child’s “Happy Place”

 |  Aug 18, 2009

How often do you visit your “happy place?” It’s that spot in which you feel safe, centered, joyous, soothed–and it’s all in your mind. For many adults, it’s a place … Read more

A Green-Read Hour

 |  Jul 8, 2009

Green Hour readers share their favorite kids’ books about the outdoors with Mary Quattlebaum. Read more

Tending To Trees

 |  May 13, 2009

‘Tis the season for greening, growing, budding and blooming. The trees in my neighborhood now sport tufts of tender leaves like bright spring hairdos. Yup, May is the month for … Read more

Running–For The Fun Of It

 |  Apr 8, 2009

Children’s author Mary Quattlebaum muses on one of the pleasures of youth–running with no particular destination in mind. Read more

Count Down to Spring

 |  Mar 16, 2009

If your family is like mine, you’re counting down the days till spring begins officially on March 21. But this month delights in unpredictable weather. Lion or lamb? How did … Read more

I “Heart” the Earth

 |  Feb 12, 2009

Give back to the Earth for Valentine’s Day. Organize a neighborhood clean-up for play spaces, parks, or trails. Will your kids want to help? You bet. They might grouse about … Read more

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