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Trees of Illinois Field Guide (Field Guides)
By Stan Tekiela

Paperback: 258 pages
Publisher: Adventure Publications (May 10, 2006)

Last Child in the Woods Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
By Richard Louv

Paperback: 335 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books (March 17, 2006)

Illinois Insects and Spiders
By Peggy Macnamara

Paperback: 124 pages
Publisher: University of Chicago Press (August 15, 2005)

Nature's Restoration: People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation
By Peter Friederici

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Island Press (April 6, 2006)

National Wildlife Federation Attracting Birds, Butterflies & Backyard Wildlife (National Wildlife Federation) (Paperback)
by David Mizejewski

“The secret to attracting birds, butterflies, and other wonderful wildlife to your backyard lies in restoring their natural habitat...”

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Creative Homeowner (January 1, 2004)

Edens Lost and Found

Edens Lost And Found: How Ordinary Citizens Are Restoring Our Great American Cities (Hardcover)
by Harry Wiland (Editor), Dale Bell (Editor)

Edens Lost And Found: How Ordinary Citizens Are Restoring Our Great American Cities (Paperback)

Chicago DVD

Hardcover: 285 pages
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company (January 15, 2006)

The Chicago River: An Illustrated History and Guide to the River and Its Waterways, Second Edition
by David M. Solzman

Paperback: 302 pages
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press (Spring 2006)

Books about Birds

A Birder's Guide to the Chicago Region, by Lynn Carpenter and Joel Greenberg

The Complete Birder: A Guide to Better Birding, by Jack Conner

Birds of Illinois, by Sheryl De Vore, Steven D. Bailey, and Gregory Kennedy

Birds of Chicago, by Chris Fisher and Daid Johnson

The Sibley Guide to Birds, by David Allen Sibley

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior, by David Allen Sibley

Related links in CW

"Birding for Beginners", Spring 2006

The Suburban Wild
by Peter Friederici

Related links in CW

"Interview: William R. Jordan III", Spring 2004

"Big is Beautiful, The Theory of Preserve Relativity", Winter 2003

"Donald Culross Peattie", Fall 2000

"Turnstones and Me", Fall 1999

"Soggy Places", Summer 1999

"Saving Habitat for Birds", Spring 1998

"Where the Wild Ones Are", Fall 1997

Books by Edwin Way Teale

Dune Boy: The Early Years of a Naturalist, Reissue 2002

A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm, 1998

A Walk Through the Year, Reissue 1987

The American Seasons, 1976

Autumn Across America: A Naturalist's Record of a 20,000-Mile Journey Through the North American Autumn, 1981

North With the Spring: A Naturalist's Record of a 17,000-Mile Journey With the North American Spring, (American Seasons, 1st Season), 1990

Journey into Summer: A Naturalist's Record of a 19,000-Mile Journey Through the North American Summer, 1981

Wandering Through Winter: A Naturalist's Record of a 20,000-Mile Journey Through the North American Winter (American Seasons, 4th Season), 1990

The Wilderness World of John Muir, 2001

Circle of the Seasons, 1981

Last of the Curlews, 1987

This Green World, 1988

Grassroot Jungles: A Book of Insects, 1937

The Golden Throng: A Book About Bees, 1982

Books edited by Edwin Way Teale

Audubon's Wildlife, with Selections from the Writings of John James Audubon, by John James Audubon, edited by Edwin Way Teale

Related links in CW

Profile of Teale, Summer 2001

Books about Chicago Parks and Landscapes

Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens
by Robert E. Grese, 1998

Siftings by Jens Jensen, 1990

The City in a Garden: A Photographic History of Chicago’s Parks (Illinois) (Paperback) by Julia Sniderman Bachrach, 2001

Chicago’s Parks: A Photographic History (Images of America) by John C. Graf, 2000

Welcome to Grant Park: The history of Chicago’s “front yard” plus a self-guided walking tour of its monuments by Julia Sniderman Bachrach, 1998

Related links in CW

Profile of Jens Jensen, Spring 2001

Books by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring, 2002

The Sea Around Us, 1991

The Edge of the Sea, 1979

The Sense of Wonder, 1987

Under the Sea Wind (Penguin Nature Classics Series), 1996

Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson, 1999

Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952–1964, The Story of a Remarkable Friendship, 1996

Books about Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, by Linda J. Lear, 1998

Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson (for ages 4 – 8), by Amy Ehrlich, 2003

Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology (for ages 9 – 12), by Kathleen V. Kudzinski, 1997

Related links in CW

Reference to importance of Silent Spring, Editor's Note, Spring 2003