Today's post features items found in but hardly unique to Michigan.
First, do
trees communicate with each other? Peter Wohllenben thinks they do, and he
explains their diverse methods in this fascinating book, an investigation in
the spirit of French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre, one of my all-time nature
heroes.
The
Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a
Secret World
by
Peter Wohllenben
Greystone
Books, 2015
Hardcover,
272pp w/ index, $29.95
Next, moving from spores to seeds --
It’s
fall mushroom time again, time to get out the field guide. What one friend
calls “dead man’s fingers,” Audubon calls “elegant stinkhorn,” but there’s no
mistaking it, thanks to the color photograph. Audubon! Don't leave home without it!
National
Audubon Society Field Guide to Mushrooms, North America
Flexible
cover, fully illustrated, over 900pp, cross-referenced and indexed, $22.95
Finally, on to one of my all-time favorite subjects, do your children have any idea what goes into making a book? “Based on a true
story,” Mac Barnett and Adam Rex undertake to explain the entire process to
young people, from start to finish, clearly and engagingly. (Older people will
be equally engaged.) How could I not love this book?
How
This Book Was Made
by
Mac Barnett & Adam Rex
Hardcover,
$17.99
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