This is the second volume in the “Understanding Nature” series. My purpose for writing this volume is to encourage young people to get outdoors and enjoy the natural world. The benefits are many – exercise and fresh air, sparking curiosity and stimulating the imagination, developing a healthy attitude toward nature and other people, and just plain having FUN! Kids need to get out and be kids in a healthy environment.
Book Review: Carrying Water and Carrying Loss: Tony Stevens’ The Water Girls
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(5 Stars)Venice has been written about endlessly, but The Water Girls finds something rare in its canals. Instead of gondoliers and nobles, Tony Stevens turns his attention to the women who carried the city’s water, and in doing so, he gives voice to a world on the edge of disappearance. The story follows Lina, a…







