Nature in the Neighborhood
Gordon Morrison
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004
Ages 7-10

Nature in the Neighborhood proves that children don’t need to travel far and wide to find a rich ecosystem. All it takes is looking with a trained eye in the streets and lots around them.

By integrating short factual blurbs about city wildlife with softer storytelling, Morrison’s book is a precursor to a nature guide. There are full-color paintings as well as small, black-and-white sketches.

In cities we tend to take for granted the wildlife around us. We might forget the ecological diversity that exists. Books like Nature in the Neighborhood remind us of the habitats we too often miss.

Reading this book unlocks the abundance of the natural side of the city as it progresses through the seasons.

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