Browse Books: Nature / Plants

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon (Hardcover) By Melissa L. Sevigny $30.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Peterson Field Guide To Medicinal Plants & Herbs Of Eastern & Central N. America: Third Edition (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback) By Steven Foster, James A. Duke $28.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded (Paperback) By Douglas W. Tallamy, Rick Darke (Contributions by) $20.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Peterson Field Guide To Mushrooms Of North America, Second Edition (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback) By Karl B. McKnight, Joseph R. Rohrer, Kirsten McKnight Ward, Kent H. McKnight $25.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Hardcover) By Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illustrator), Amy Stewart, Jonathon Rosen (Drawings by) $18.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Midwest Foraging: 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to Wild Peach (Regional Foraging Series) (Paperback) By Lisa M. Rose $25.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Paperback) By Michael Pollan $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Lab Girl (Paperback) By Hope Jahren $16.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Urban Foraging: Find, Gather, and Cook 50 Wild Plants (Hardcover) By Lisa M. Rose, Miriam Doan (Photographs by) $21.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Foraging the Ozarks: Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Foods in the Ozarks (Paperback) By Bo Brown $22.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History (Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History) (Paperback) By Bill Laws $19.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Blackthorn's Botanical Brews: Herbal Potions, Magical Teas, and Spirited Libations (Hardcover) By Amy Blackthorn $19.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now

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Banned or challenged books - a small selection

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Art Spiegelman Cover Image

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

A Light in the Attic By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

Halloween Books

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure) By Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator), Katherine Spaziante (Illustrator) Cover Image

A Halloween Scare in St. Louis By Eric James, Marina Le Ray (Illustrator) Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image

Vegetables in Halloween Costumes By Jared Chapman Cover Image

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art! By Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) Cover Image

Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather-bound Classics) By Edgar Allan Poe, A. J. Odasso (Introduction by) Cover Image

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