Through a Naturalist’s Eyes: Exploring the Nature of New England

New England’s landscape has a rich allure. In more than 50 essays, Caduto draws on first-hand experience, interviews with experts and in-depth research to explore plants, animals, natural places, environmental issues and actions that readers can take—from dragonflies, cuckoos and chipmunks to circumpolar constellations, phenology and climate change. Adelaide Tyrol’s stunning illustrations illuminate this unique wedding of natural science, humor and storytelling.

ADELAIDE MURPHY TYROL is a fine artist, a natural history illustrator and a large format commercial painter who works out of her studios in Vermont and New York City. She has her MFA from the Art Institute of Boston and is represented by McGowan Fine Art in Concord NH and Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.  www.adelaidetyrol.com

“For all of us who love the forests, hills and marshes of New England, this is much more than a guide book—it's an invitation to explore, and a key to making sense of what we notice. Many thanks to the author for opening my eyes again!” — Bill McKibben, author Wandering Home & Co-founder 350.org

“Like a naturalist’s dinner party with a roomful of ecologists, biologists and storytellers.” —Lisa Purcell, Director, Four Winds Nature Institute and Co-editor Hands on Nature

"…through his eyes (Caduto) makes it a personal experience, and we find ourselves saying, 'Yes! I’ve seen that! So that’s what it is!’ " — Willem Lang, VPR Commentator & Author of A Yankee Notebook

 “No matter what you may think you know, this book offers something new to discover about the natural world around us.” — Paul Rezendes, Author of Tracking & the Art of Seeing and The Wild Within