"There’s always something happening at Crawdad Creek.That’s what Lizzie and Michael call the stream that runs behind their house. Come pan for gold, hunt for fossils, find an arrowhead in the mud or a crayfish under a stone. Watch whirligig beetles and water striders skate across the water, teasing the fish below, and count the turtles sunning themselves on moss-covered logs. Follow tracks along the bank, then sit in quiet amazement as d ..."
"Young Scott and his father have a personal way of learning the trees and remembering their names. It’s a game they like to play, one you’ll want to play too!Learn the name of the swallowtail butterfly who loves to sit on the dogwood branch, see the majestic beauty of the black-and-yellow Argiope spider, or see what makes the beech tree so special (its bark is smooth and gray just like the skin of a hippo).Featuring beautiful paintings b ..."
"This collection of 12 essays has been assembled out of a concern that many young people in America have little contact with the world of nature. The essays aspire to awaken in readers the wish to assist young people by guiding them to what lies outside their front door or in a local park or woodland, and that true nature experience will come to replace what is surely a powerful form of addiction, a dependency on text messages, e-mails a ..."
Crawdad Creek by ScottRussellSanders 32 Pages, Published 2018 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03475-5, ISBN: 0-253-03475-2
"There’s always something happening at Crawdad Creek."
Crawdad Creek by ScottRussellSanders 32 Pages, Published 2018 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03477-9, ISBN: 0-253-03477-9
"There’s always something happening at Crawdad Creek."
"Edited by Josh A. Brewer. Writers Resist features protest poetry, the work of immigrants, the experiences of women, and nuanced understandings of diversity. With work from the some of the best writers in Indiana, including poets laureate, spoken word artists, and eleven professors, this volume collects acts of resistance to the retrograde political climate of our time."
"This award-winning collection moves from the dark and technically astonishing title essay—on growing up within the confines of a huge Army arsenal in Ohio—to reflections on mountain hikes, limestone quarries, and fathers teaching their ..."
Break Away Bks. Dancing in Dreamtime by ScottRussellSanders 376 Pages, Published 2016 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-02259-2, ISBN: 0-253-02259-2
"said Jaffa, her green eyes glinting. “I was hooked within a few months, first on
guys, then on wild landscapes, and finally on a gorgeous planet.” “I followed the
same path,” Blake said, “only it took me a year to work my way from lovers to
planet."
"James MacKinnon takes a booze-fueled, satiric road trip to Reno; Susan Olding coaches a high-school cheerleading squad; Deborah Campbell seeks the rare white Kermode bear; Jake MacDonald goes duck-hunting with his father; and Scott Russell Sanders and his dinner guests eat lentil soup in the middle of a tornado. Far From Home gathers five of North America’s finest essayists, nature writers and literary journalists— who all find themse ..."
Divine Animal(1st Edition) by ScottRussellSanders Paperback, 370 Pages, Published 2014 by Earth Works Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9913102-2-7, ISBN: 0-9913102-2-5
Wilderness Plots(1st Edition) Tales About the Settlement of the American Land by ScottRussellSanders, Dennis B. Meehan Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2013 by The Wooster Book Company ISBN-13: 978-1-59098-182-5, ISBN: 1-59098-182-0
"Wilderness Plots is made up of fifty brief tales that chronicle the period of settlement of the Ohio Valley, roughly 1780 to 1850. Beginning with the discovery of the Ohio River by La Salle and ending with the Civil War, this region was the West, the exciting new frontier. Written with the power and compression of folklore, these tales bring to life the unmemorialized common folks who carried out this epic adventure. In these pages, you ..."
"Over the last half century, historic preservation has been on the rise in American cities and towns, from urban renewal and gentrification projects to painstaking restoration of Victorian homes and architectural landmarks. In this book, Nancy R. Hiller brings together individuals with distinctive styles and perspectives, to talk about their passion for preservation. They consider the meaning of place and what motivates those who work to ..."
"Three classic stories for young adults about the wonder and power of our connections with nature and each other. Gene Stratton-Porter was a pioneer naturalist, wilderness advocate, and author. She wrote both fiction and nonfiction about the woods and swampland that she loved so much, and her tales of finding independence and courage through building a relationship with nature touched millions of readers both when she was writing and to ..."