Nonfiction
Audubon Nature
Encyclopedia, volumes 7 and 8
The Golden Treasury
of Knowledge, volumes 3 - 7
The Clockwork
Universe (Edward Dolnick)
Science history focused on Isaac Newton et al; started well but dragged on a bit
too long.
Crow Planet
(Lyanda Lynn Haupt)
Excellent essays on human-nature interaction with an
emphasis on birds.
Darwin’s Lost World
(Martin Brasier)
Science history focused on fossils and the search for the
earliest evidence of life on Earth.
Dawn Light
(Diane Ackerman)
Often lyrical essays on nature.
Fiction
The Daffodil Affair
(Michael Innes)
The Weight of the
Evidence (Michael Innes)
Classic British mysteries.
The Four Graces
(D.E. Stevenson)
Light-hearted tale of four young sisters (British,
written in 1946).
Poisoned Pins
(Joan Hess)
Contemporary humorous mystery.
The Rescuers
(Margery Sharp)
Middle-grade fantasy novel subsequently made into a
Disney movie that bears little resemblance to the book; about a trio of mice
who set out to rescue a poet (human) from prison.
Wildwood (Colin
Meloy)
Middle-grade fantasy about several different communities
of magical beings dwelling in a wood bordering Portland, Oregon which only
certain people can enter, including the human heroine Pru, who sets out to
rescue her young brother. Promising
start marred by weak characterization, lack of internal logic, and overemphasis
on action.
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