Reading With Libraries Podcast

Welcome, everyone, to Reading with Libraries! This week we are discussing nature books, and all the fun of seeing the outside world. This week we welcome Guest Host Kathy Parker from St John’s and St Ben’s college libraries! This is such a fun topic, partly because it is so very broad! You can find all kinds of books in here, from hard sciences, to travelogues, to gardening. Animals, flowers, backyards, mountains – it can all be included as part of the nature genre. This may make it easier to find a book you like, as there are tons of potential choices; but of course so many choices can make decisions harder! In many libraries, especially public libraries, the gardening section is very popular; and it can be a challenge to keep them on the shelves long enough for people who want them to find them. In school libraries, the books with cool pictures of insects are always popular with kids who use them in writing reports for science classes. In academic libraries we might find books with specialized information a