Books in YOUR Church Library for the Season of Creation

New and recommended for the Season of Creation are the following 4 books: one for young children about a favorite family waterfall hike, a new book by the author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a memoir of a 2020 winner of the Goldman Environmental prize, and lastly a book with Bill McKibben's answer to the climate crisis question 'Where do we go from here?'. Check the the top shelf of the dark red book cart for these as well as other Season of Creation titles.
 
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Abigail and the Waterfall: Loving God's Good Earth. By Sandra Richter; illustrated by Michael Corsini.
A picture book for sharing with young children, especially those ages 4-8 years old. Abigail describes her favorite family hike; a hike through a forest in the Appalachian Mountains to a special place where the stream water flows over the rocks and falls down into a pool.
 
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World. By Robin Wall Kimmerer with illustrations by John Burgoyne. Scribner, 2024. 112 pages.
In this little book the author invites us to participate in the 'gift economy', an economy like that of the serviceberry where our wealth and security come from the quality of our relationships rather than the accumulation of goods we own.
 
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We Will Be Jaguars: a Memoir of My People. By Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson.
A memoir and story of a fight to save the Amazon rainforest written by an international activist and woman of the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest.
 
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Here Comes the Sun: a Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization. By Bill McKibben.
From one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis comes a new hope for the future through making use of the gifts of Brother Sun and Brother Wind.