Everyday Wild

"A colorful, charming, and immersive guide to exploring and treasuring the complex, miraculous natural world in your own backyard and beyond. Backyard Wonders is an illustrated celebration of the vast natural diversity of the world, one that you can find by simply stepping outside. This guide to backyard (or front stoop!) ecology encourages you to notice every sight, sound, and smell-get swept away by the rustle of falling leaves, the chirping of crickets, the smell of spring rain, and the sight of the stars above-as a way of understanding the wonders of our complex, beautiful planet. Backyard Wonders encourages mindful interaction with our surroundings and embracing the simple joys offered by the great outdoors while offering tidbits of scientifica information to inform and inspire all ages. Each section-teeming with gorgeous, intricate nature illustrations-is labeled with a mindfulness prompt like "Notice the Small Things," "Taste the Wild," or "Discover Patterns," encouraging curiosity about the interactions between bugs or the grandeur of a monarch butterfly's metamorphosis and migration. Learn about foraging, sacred geometry, moon phases, animal tracks, clouds, weather, and more. As you leaf through Backyard Wonders, you will find your understanding of nature's everyday feats expanding. Let wonder and curiosity bloom as you embark on this illustrated journey of the outdoors"--