BOTW: March 27

By Paige Waskow

Nature Anatomy

By Julia Rothman

What's it about?:

Basically a fun and beautiful field guide, Nature Anatomy takes you through the natural world in vivid watercolor drawings and descriptions. You can learn about the origins of the universe, classifications of trees, and the difference between a carpenter and bumble bee. The book gives you the environment in detailed and unique pages, fun crafts to try, and much more. You won't come away bored (even if you're not a nature nerd like me!)

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Why did I choose it?:

I love nature! And I love books that explore the outdoors. This book is an easy read and always fun to come back to. If you are looking to read the whole thing, or open its pages randomly, this book offers a field guide experience: learn as much as you'd like, but there's not a plot to follow.

As mentioned above, this book has a beautiful art style of watercolor with bold but not limiting sketched outlines. Whether or not you even read the descriptions, the art is enough to boldly stand out and make the book a wonderful experience.

Where can you get it?:

Nature Anatomy is available at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. You can get a library card for free anytime they are open. Check out their website and request books here!

Is there anything else you should know?:

Julia Rothman has also written books about food (Food Anatomy) and farms (Farm Anatomy) which are in the same colorful, field guide style as Nature Anatomy. I highly recommend! If you are interested in learning more about the author and her works, check out here website here!

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References:

Rothman, Julia. Books - Nature Anatomy, https://www.juliarothman.com/books-2#/nature-anatomy/.

Rothman, Julia. Nature Anatomy. Storey Publishing, 2015.

Get Outdoors 6: Outdoors at Coe

By Paige Waskow

     Want to get involved on campus? Or maybe you want to go on trips but you don’t have the gear or transportation to get there? There are many clubs and opportunities on campus that get you outside and involved! Clubs such as environmental club, outdoors club, and rock climbing club are open to anyone who wants to join.

     In addition, the Alumni Garden is a great space to relax and spend time outside and alone. If you need a break from people or just need some quiet time, the garden is open throughout the week to anyone. The garden also has The Garden Quarto, which is a collection of poems and short stories that is published twice a year. You can enter your short compositions, and they may be in the next issue!

Check it out here!

This is the final post for Get Outdoors! 

Thank you for reading, and I hope that this series has helped encourage you to want to go outside and given you some resources to do so. If you are interested in learning more about why we need to spend time outside, please leave any questions you may have below. Be sure to add any opportunities at Coe you have found that aren’t mentioned here that you think others would enjoy.