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Jan

3

2020

A display table at Secret Garden Books in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood

From The Seattle Times:
Niche picks: A handful of Seattle neighborhood bookstores name their bestselling titles of 2019

By Paul Constant Special to The Seattle Times Neighborhood Reads If you want to learn about a Seattle neighborhood, browse the shelves of its independent bookstores. Local bookstores succeed when they place the interests and aspirations of their neighbors over the fads and excesses of national bestseller lists. And every time we buy books from …

Oct

24

2019

Fishes of the Salish Sea by Theodore W. Pietsch and James Wilder Orr, illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri

To say this is the perfect gift for the fish fan in your life is both an understatement and an assumption that you have $150 to throw around. Over two decades in preparation, this three-volume wonder from the University of Washington stands where no book has stood before, as an authoritative—and exquisitely beautiful—guide to the …

Apr

23

2019

Bryce Andrews photo by Colleen Chartier

Down From The Mountain: the Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews

Bryce Andrews chronicles the life of a grizzly bear named Willie and her three cubs in Down From The Mountain: the Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear. Andrews, who works a ranch in Montana’s Mission Valley, reports first-hand about the encroachment of both man and bear on each other’s environments. Both a conservation polemic and …

Jan

2

2019

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

2019 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist: “Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees” by Thor Hanson

In Buzz, Thor Hanson takes us through the fascinating lives and history of bees, from when the first bees split from the wasps to offering them protection now. Hanson’s narrative style makes the information flow in an easily digestible way, and readers will come away knowing and appreciating more about bees than they ever thought …

Nov

9

2018

PNBA Book Awards

2019 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, a trade association of independent booksellers, publishers, authors, and librarians, announced the 2019 Northwest Book Awards Shortlist, selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. From more than 400 nominations, the committee chose the following 12 finalists, written or illustrated by creators from the …

Oct

19

2018

Laurie Frankel's purse and matching WA State Book Award

2018 Washington State Book Award Winners

Washington State Book Awards winners were announced on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the Seattle Public Library. The Washington State Book Awards honor works of outstanding literary merit by Washington authors. An award is given based on the strength of the publication’s literary merit, lasting importance and overall quality to an author who was born in …

Jun

20

2018

Curious Kids Nature Guide

Curious Kids Nature Guide by Fiona Cohen, illustrated by Marni Fylling

Did you know there are three kinds of orcas living in the Pacific Northwest waters? (Resident, transient, and offshore!) I had no idea until I read this book! It’s a perfect introduction to the flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest for kids and adults alike, with realistic illustrations and mini lessons on how to …

May

14

2018

Saving Tarboo Creek

Saving Tarboo Creek by Scott Freeman

Regional environmentalism and approachable science. So well-written, I felt like I was right there planting a tree or watching a salmon spawn. The Freemans do a wonderful job reminding us that we can make a difference — a little at a time. –Melissa DeMotte, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID When nice weather comes, you can get out into nature …

Apr

30

2018

The Feather Thief

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

This one has obsessive fly-tiers who are willing to steal feathers from the British Museum of Natural History, a spin through naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s predilection for charting and collecting feathers, and a long-form discussion about the nature of beauty. Wallace, as you may know, was one of the first to propose the idea of …

Apr

9

2018

BirdNote book

BirdNote: Chirps, Quirks, and Stories of 100 Birds from the Popular Public Radio Show, edited by Ellen Blackstone

This charming book is a collection of the essays from the popular NPR radio show/podcast BirdNote. The inestimable Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology has had a vital role in this series from its inception. The “chapters” are short species accounts ranging from the general to the esoteric to the more scientific, each a different aspect about a bird …

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