Magical Moons & Seasonal Circles Stop-Look-Listen Stepping into the Circle of the Seasons
What a wonderful book. Congratulations! I have gotten thru spring and part of summer and remember being a little girl. I am learning some new things too - think I will try putting out some paper bits for the earthworms - fascinating! Wow you gathered a lot of information. --Carol Armstrong Quilter and author. Nationally recognized for her botanically correct appliqué designs celebrating the natural world.In our modern 24/7 world our culture has lost touch with the flow of the seasons. This timely book helps to immerse us in our earth's natural rhythms. Learning about the phenology of nature s cycles will become fun-ology for all who partake of the riches to be explored inside this book. --Jane L. Taylor, Founding Curator, Michigan 4-H Children's Garden Michigan State UniversityMagical Moons and Seasonal Circles is a thoughtful celebration of the earth and the year-round cycles of nature. Intended as a guidebook for teachers and adults, Susan Betz has gathered this wonderful compendium of Native American lore, passed-along stories, poetry, interesting facts, science and botany, as well as her own personal observations and black-and-white photographs from years of experience as a nature lover. The hands-on activities and thought-provoking projects range from simply taking the time to observe what is going on in our own backyards to keeping a journal as well as nature crafts and experiments which will appeal to children of all ages--there is something in this book for everyone--from preschoolers to big kids. --Susan Belsinger Culinary Herbalist, Educator and Food WriterThough I enjoyed the entire book, I think it was the material for August, September and October that I found the most interesting. In August, she writes a delightful essay of How to Spend a Lazy Summer Day . She speaks of observing insects and spiders; both in the daylight and at night. (Since I ve written a couple of books about Spiders, I was glad to see that she included these remarkable critters in the scene of late summer. They tend to get skipped by many authors.) For September, she writes of the abundant roadside Goldenrods and for October, she does the same for Asters. Both abound late in the season to the point of being overlooked, but as native flora, they should be better known and better appreciated and Ms Betz does just that. --March ,2014, Larry Weber, Naturalist, Educator, photographer and host of 'Weekend Outdoors' a weekly phenology radio program on WTIP in Cook County, MinnesotaMagical Moons and Seasonal Circles is a thoughtful celebration of the earth and the year-round cycles of nature. Intended as a guidebook for teachers and adults, Susan Betz has gathered this wonderful compendium of Native American lore, passed-along stories, poetry, interesting facts, science and botany, as well as her own personal observations and black-and-white photographs from years of experience as a nature lover. The hands-on activities and thought-provoking projects range from simply taking the time to observe what is going on in our own backyards to keeping a journal as well as nature crafts and experiments which will appeal to children of all ages--there is something in this book for everyone--from preschoolers to big kids. --Susan Belsinger Culinary Herbalist, Educator and Food Writer