The Natural Selections Book Group meets on the first Wednesday of the month to discuss nature-themed books. All are welcome.

The 2021 book selections are:
January 6 | The Voice of the Coyote by J Frank Dobie
February 3 | Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson
March 3 | Never Home Alone: from microbes to millipedes, camel crickets, and honeybees, the natural history of where we live by Rob Dunn
April 7: Buzz, Sting, Bite: why we need insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
May 5: A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich by Bernd Heinrich
June 2: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer
July 7: Everything All At Once : how to unleash your inner nerd, tap into radical curiosity, and solve any problem by Bill Nye
August 4: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Kimmerer
September 1 | Nature’s Best Hope: a new approach to conservation that starts in your yard by Doug Tallamy
October 6: Eager: the surprising, secret life of beavers and why they matter by Ben Goldfarb
November 3: The Hidden Life of Trees: what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world by Peter Wohlleben
December 1: An Elegant Defense: the extraordinary new science of the immune system by Matt Richtel

NOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom.  You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the meeting.

If you need assistance with registration or getting your Zoom meeting invitation link, please email the library.

Basic written instructions for using Zoom may be found here and a brief video tutorial may be found here. Closed captioning is available for all our sessions. Information on enabling closed captioning in Zoom may be found here.