National Library Week Event: Rain Gardens and How to Create Them

Tuesday April 12, 2016: 7:30pm to 8:45pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Permaculture from the Roots Up: Land Care

Tuesday March 8, 2016: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room

Permaculture from the Roots Up: Community Care

Tuesday February 9, 2016: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Pittsfield Branch: Program Room

Permaculture from the Roots Up: Self Care

Tuesday January 26, 2016: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room

New Steve Jenkins: How to Swallow a Pig!

Thu, 10/22/2015 - 1:50pm by eapearce

Steve Jenkins has been using his amazing cut-paper art to illustrate his science and nature books for kids for over a decade now, and I still look forward to each new book that he creates. His most recent one is How to Swallow a Pig: step-by-step advice from the animal kingdom and it's one of his best yet. He uses animals with particularly unique habits: pythons who eat pigs, crows that use cars to crack nuts, and monkeys that use toxic millipedes to fend off lice and offers fun, step-by-step "instructions" for how these animals go about their amazing activities. And of course, the illustrations are as beautiful as ever. This book stands out to me as a particularly great one for classrooms--the detailed, fascinating facts about a diversity of animals would be a fun and complimentary addition to any lesson plan about animals and the natural world.

See more of Steve Jenkins' books on this list!

Nature Anatomy

Wed, 10/21/2015 - 3:58pm by manz

Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the Natural World by Julia Rothman is a beautiful book! The book offers great information about the natural world in a fun way accompanied by wonderful illustrations that are the bulk of the book. The beauty of the book is heavier than the content, so there’s no overwhelming you with information – just fun facts and cool images.

The book talks about North American Landscapes including deserts and grasslands. It has sections on weather with storms, clouds and snowflakes. There are chapters on landforms, minerals, and fossils. And the book wouldn’t be complete without covering birds and many other animals, as well as bodies of water, trees, leaves and flowers! Nature Anatomy is a delight for the senses. If you’re into the natural world and whimsical illustrations give it a peek.

Crochet a Coral Reef: Hyperbolic Crochet

Sunday December 6, 2015: 1:30pm to 5:30pm
Pittsfield Branch: Program Room
Grade 6 – Adult

Baking w/Sweeteners 101 w/The People's Food Co-Op

Monday December 7, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room
Grade 6 - Adult

Back to the Future Day — Enchantment Under the Sea Dance Party! presented by AADL at LIVE 102 S First St.

Wednesday October 21, 2015: 9:30pm to 11:30pm
LIVE (102 S 1st Street)
Adults

Permaculture Basics - What is Permaculture? with The People's Food Co-Op

Monday October 26, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room
Adults And Teens Grade 9 And Up