Nonfiction Spring Reading

The Hummingbirds' Gift

Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

“Sy Montgomery is a marvel of the “this is why you should care about animals” genre. This book is short, sweet and fascinating, much like the subject matter, and it won’t leave you sad-crying at the end!! Enjoy! Read more

What the Chicken Knows

A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

“Sy Montgomery takes us on a fascinating journey that's enjoyable, humorous and educational and I definitely learned a lot! I had no idea that chickens were so intelligent and complex. Apparently they know us humans far better than we know them. All of the specific details she shared were quite interesting. They can make up to 24 sounds each... Read more

Of Time and Turtles

Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

“Some indigenous people believe the earth is a turtle. It's also a totem for unity. Sy Montgomery tenderly invites us to learn more and "slip into turtle time" in one of the best new nature books of the year. Beautifully written and well researched! Read more

The Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern and Western Box Set

By: Lillian Q. Stokes, Donald Stokes, Lang Elliot & Kevin Colver
Narrated by: Donald Stokes, Lillian Q. Stokes, Lang Elliot & Kevin Colver
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

For the first time ever, Eastern and Western Bird Song audio guides from the famed team of Donald and Lillian Stokes will be available in one comprehensive box set with new premium packaging. An incredible 923 species from all of North America are included in this marvelous audio companion to the bestselling Stokes Field Guides. Bonus... Read more

Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition)

How You Can Save the World in Your Own Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

This middle grade edition of the groundbreaking bestseller by Doug Tallamy will inspire kids to use their backyard to help save the planet. 

In Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition), Tallamy empowers kids to use their own yards to help combat the negative effects of climate change. He does so by breaking down complex concepts into simple... Read more

Mason Bee Revolution

How the Hardest Working Bee can Save the World – One Backyard at a Time

By: Dave Hunter & Jill Lightner
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Length: 6 hours 1 minute

The national media regularly features dire stories on honeybee colony collapse and its danger to our food supply. But there's another, unsung bee that has the potential to save the planet—the mason bee.



Mason Bee Revolution explains how docile, hard-working, solitary mason bees (and their compatriots, the leafcutter bees) are even more productive... Read more

Better Living Through Birding

Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

By: Christian Cooper
Narrated by: Christian Cooper
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.

"Wondrous . . . captivating.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Immense World

Christian Cooper is a self-described... Read more

Gardening Can Be Murder

How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers

By: Marta McDowell
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising influence that gardens and gardening have had on mystery novels and their authors. With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the outsize influence that gardens and gardening have had on... Read more

How to Keep House While Drowning

A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

By: KC Davis
Narrated by: KC Davis & Dr. Raquel Martin
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

“I absolutely loved the book and wanted to immediately listen to it again! I was also thrilled to be reading a book written by a Licensed Professional Counselor about cleaning of all things! This book's primary focus is mental health, and this is the lens in which cleaning is viewed from. Davis addresses trauma and how it can impact the... Read more