Product Description: An engaging and accessible introduction to the natural world in New England and upstate New York.

Product Description: For families, for teachers and students, and for those who just love natural New England, a thoughtfully written book exploring the nature we see all around us in New England, in a beautifully illustrated, month-by-month format. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: “We live with a myth about New England,” write naturalists Nona Bell Estrin and Charles W. Johnson: “that we have four distinct seasons here.” As careful and experienced observers of the natural world, Estrin and Johnson know that nature’s progressions are gradual, continuous, and interconnected...read more

A collection of essays from the frequent contributor to the annual Farmer's Almanac offers witty commentary on all aspects of New England country life, from day lilies and maple sugar to mice in the woodpile.