{"product_id":"where-the-grass-still-sings-stories-of-insects-and-interconnection-paperback","title":"Where the Grass Still Sings: Stories of Insects and Interconnection - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Swan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough narrative, verse, and art, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Grass Still Sings\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the many tiny creatures that play crucial roles in our ecosystems--as well as the people on the front lines of the fight to save them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving art and science with inspiring stories of people doing their part to protect insects and the environment, author Heather Swan takes readers around the globe to highlight practical solutions to safeguard our fragile planet. Visit a sustainable coffee farm in Ecuador and a frog expert combating animal trafficking in Colombia. Explore a butterfly sanctuary in an Andean cloud forest and learn about a family of orchid farmers who are replanting a mountainside to attract native pollinators. Meet a bumblebee expert helping Wisconsin cranberry growers, a bark beetle specialist in a new-growth forest in Georgia, an entomologist collecting for the Essig Museum in California, and more. Against a backdrop of climate change, ecological injustice, and impending mass extinction, this book rekindles wonder and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing works by artists deeply invested in preserving the smallest beings among us, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Grass Still Sings \u003c\/i\u003eis a paean to the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHeather Swan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and a creative nonfiction writer. Her critically acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eWhere Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Penn State University Press, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewon the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award and first prize in the Scholarly Book Category at the annual New York Book Show. She teaches writing and environmental literature at the University of Wisconsin\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003eMadison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.22 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44571421835399,"sku":"9780271096957","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7GTHOiEPwq9780271096957.webp?v=1778147420","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/where-the-grass-still-sings-stories-of-insects-and-interconnection-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}