Nature on the Doorstep: A Year of Letters, by Angela E. Douglas log cabin -- Englewood Review of Books

-- Englewood Review of Books

and fine-lined drawings are reminiscent of an antique rendering

Readers may find it difficult to resist the call of the wild after closing the cover

Following the highly successful The Big Book of the Blue comes this vibrant non- fiction sticker activity book

Jukes writes about what it means to "keep" wild creatures

Nature on the Doorstep: A Year of Letters, by Angela E. Douglas log cabin -- Englewood Review of BooksNature on the Doorstep reveals the simple pleasures of paying attention to the natural world in one's own backyard over the course of a year. In weekly letters, Angela Douglas shares the joys and curiosities of a decidedly ordinary patch of green in upstate New York cultivated through the art of "strategic neglect" sometimes taking a hand to manage wildlife, more often letting nature go its own way. From the first flowers of spring to cardinals