Nature Book Club!
The Nature Book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month, 1:30 - 3:00 PM
at the Peace United Church of Christ in Webster Groves.
Newcomers are welcome! Contact Lisa Nansteel (636) 391-4898 for more information.
2018
April 10 ‒ Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds,
by Miyoko Chu
May 8 ‒ The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, by Florence Williams
June 12 ‒ The Reason For Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives,
by Stephen Buchmann
Nature Books previously enjoyed and discussed:
2018
March 13 ‒ The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf (Chapters 14-23)
February 13 ‒ The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf (Chapters 1-13)
January 9 ‒ The Tide: the Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
2017
December 12 ‒ The Invention of Clouds by Richard Hamblyn
November 14 ‒ Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death by Bernd Heinrich
October 10 ‒ The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg by Tim Birkhead
September 12 ‒ The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
August 8 ‒ Sun, Moon, Earth by Tyler Nordgren
July 11 ‒ House Guest, House Pest by Richard Jones
June 13 ‒ The Thing with Feathers by Noah Stryker
May 9 ‒ Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
April 11 ‒ Death by Black Hole and the Other Cosmic Quandaries byNeil deGrasse Tyson.
March 14 ‒ The Weather Experiment: Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future, by Peter Moore.
February 14 ‒ Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
January 10 ‒ Spirals in Time: the Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales
2016
December 13 ‒ Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America's Kettle Lakes and Ponds by Robert M. Thorson
November 8 ‒ In Bear Country: Adventures Among North America's Largest Predators by Jake MacDonald
October 11 ‒ The Triumph of Seeds by Thor Hanson
September 13 ‒ What a Robin Knows by Jon Young
April 12 ‒ The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin
March 8 ‒ Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage by Peter Forbes
February 9 ‒ Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
January 12 ‒ Gathering Moss: a Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2015
December 8 ‒ Messages From an Owl by Max R. Terman.
November 10 ‒ Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie by John Madson.
Click here to see the books we enjoyed in other years.
Join WGNSS for books, birds, bugs & botany!
All events are free & open to the public, unless noted. Nature bookshelf photo by Anne McCormack
at the Peace United Church of Christ in Webster Groves.
Newcomers are welcome! Contact Lisa Nansteel (636) 391-4898 for more information.
2018
April 10 ‒ Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds,
by Miyoko Chu
May 8 ‒ The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, by Florence Williams
June 12 ‒ The Reason For Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives,
by Stephen Buchmann
Nature Books previously enjoyed and discussed:
2018
March 13 ‒ The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf (Chapters 14-23)
February 13 ‒ The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf (Chapters 1-13)
January 9 ‒ The Tide: the Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
2017
December 12 ‒ The Invention of Clouds by Richard Hamblyn
November 14 ‒ Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death by Bernd Heinrich
October 10 ‒ The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg by Tim Birkhead
September 12 ‒ The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
August 8 ‒ Sun, Moon, Earth by Tyler Nordgren
July 11 ‒ House Guest, House Pest by Richard Jones
June 13 ‒ The Thing with Feathers by Noah Stryker
May 9 ‒ Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
April 11 ‒ Death by Black Hole and the Other Cosmic Quandaries byNeil deGrasse Tyson.
March 14 ‒ The Weather Experiment: Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future, by Peter Moore.
February 14 ‒ Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
January 10 ‒ Spirals in Time: the Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales
2016
December 13 ‒ Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America's Kettle Lakes and Ponds by Robert M. Thorson
November 8 ‒ In Bear Country: Adventures Among North America's Largest Predators by Jake MacDonald
October 11 ‒ The Triumph of Seeds by Thor Hanson
September 13 ‒ What a Robin Knows by Jon Young
April 12 ‒ The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin
March 8 ‒ Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage by Peter Forbes
February 9 ‒ Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
January 12 ‒ Gathering Moss: a Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2015
December 8 ‒ Messages From an Owl by Max R. Terman.
November 10 ‒ Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie by John Madson.
Click here to see the books we enjoyed in other years.
Join WGNSS for books, birds, bugs & botany!
All events are free & open to the public, unless noted. Nature bookshelf photo by Anne McCormack
