Stories From Where We Live—The North Atlantic Coast
by Sara St. Antoine, editor
Netting crabs on the New Jersey shore, ice-boating in Maine, raking
for quahogs at low tide along Cape Cod, playing beneath majestic oak
trees in Bridgeport, Connecticut: These are among the many encounters
with nature and place captured in The North Atlantic Coast.
For centuries, people have learned about the animals, plants, and
places around them from stories passed from generation to generation.
This book, the first in a series that will cover the ecoregions of
North America, tells about life along the ocean shore from Newfoundland
to Delaware through stories, poems, and excerpts from journals and
memoirs. With more than pieces both historical and contemporary, the
book invites readers to feel the throb and pulse of the surf as Helen
Keller felt it, to track an otter through a southern New Hampshire
winter, and to join a young boy as he tries to save a lobster from the
cooking pot.
For many kids, a love of nature begins with stories. This book connects
kids with estuaries and cranberry bogs, fishermen and Native Americans,
stories of adventure and great places and wild lives. It inspires them
to explore, observe, ponder, and protect the place they call home.
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Contributors: Gretchen Woelfle, Stephen Currie, Mary Quigley, Jeff W. Bens,
William W. Warner, Adrian Kingsbury Lane, Helen Keller, John Frank,
Clare Leighton, Melinda Brown, April Lindner, Cecile Mazzucco-Than,
Maria Mazziotti , Diane Mayr, Geraldine Marshall Gutfreund, Rita Joe,
Henry David Thoreau, Penny Harter, Jennifer Ackerman, Jim Gorman, Julie
Parson-Nesbitt, Anne Spollen, Wally Swist, Betsy McCully Cooper, Nikki
Giovanni, Jennifer Stansbury, Tyler Cadman, W. D. Ehrhart, Joseph
Bruchac, Mary Oliver, David Sobel, Norbert Krapf, Farley Mowat,
Elisavietta Ritchie, Elizabeth Reynard, Eugene F. Kinkead, Henry Beetle
Hough, Yvonne, Thomas J. Campanella, Virginia Kroll, Henry Beston,
Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Marie Winn, Nadya Aisenberg, Sarah Orne Jewett
Sara St. Antoine
Author's Bio:A longtime lover of both stories and nature ("Books took me to wild places"), Sara St. Antoine has written for Cricket and Ranger Rick, is the author of three "Green Musketeers"
children's novels, and has prepared science education materials for the
World Wildlife Fund. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Awards:Kids' Pick of the Lists 2000, American Booksellers Association
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2001 Quotes:"Evocative,
moving, and a sheer joy to read —the North Atlantic Coast anthology
wove together all the wonderful things I love about New England and
beyond. I look forward to sharing these stories with friends and
family, as well as using them in my work as an environmental educator
connecting children to the magic of this region. Stories from Where
We Live is the first collection of literature I've seen that
successfully and beautifully grounds you to a place of salt air, wind,
and waves” —Jan Kretser, Zoo New England
“This exquisite
collection expands and illuminates our view of the North Atlantic
coastal experience. Children and adults alike will revel in these
writings because they extoll our complex and elegant relationship to
the weed in the sidewalk crack, the vast blue sea, and the clouds that
sail overhead.” —Priscilla Howell, Resource Librarian, Center for the
Enhancement of Science and Mathematics Education, Northeastern
University
“Books like this help me realize our country is so
big that our “cultures' can vary from region to region. As valuable as
any field guide. . . . Homeschoolers will love this one. A must-read for
anyone traveling to this area. This book has multi-generational appeal.
. . . This book brings this region of the U. S. into wave-splashing
life.”—Bookselling This Week “Kids' Pick of the Lists 2000"
"I
am convinced that the revitalization of natural history knowledge is
the key to protecting biodiversity. Such learning takes place through
intimate observations of the landscape and the remarkable stories that
emerge. Stories from Where We Live is a delightful, imaginative blend
of natural history and literature. While reading these fine stories, I
was inspired to participate and learn, to get out and explore the
landscape. I can think of no better sourcebook for families, teachers,
and travelers who wish to combine natural history and imagination in
developing intimacy with a place” —Mitchell Thomashow, Director,
Doctoral Program in Environmental Studies Antioch New England Graduate
School; Author, Ecological Identity
“The
first book in a new series aiming toward familiarizing families who
travel in the region with stories —fact, poetry and told-for-true tales
—about places, people, and history of the places they visit or just
drive through. It's an ambitious project. . . . There are many memorable
pieces concerning the flora, fauna, and fancies of the entire region.
It's easy to imagine someone on a long car trip reading aloud to the
rest of the travelers, more personal than books on tape.”—Marilis
Hornidge, Coastal Maine News
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Price:
$ 10.95
Binding: Paper
Availability In Stock: 527
immediately
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2004
Size: 6 x 9
Genre: Essay/Environment/Travel
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781571316431
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