Books
The Bay Journal
Periodical
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
by William W. Warner
Chesapeake: A Novel
by James A. Michener
Chesapeake: Exploring the Water Trail of Captain John Smith
by John Page Williams
Chesapeake Bay: Nature of the Estuary, A Field Guide
by Christopher P. White
Life in the Chesapeake Bay
by Alice Jane Lippson and Robert L. Lippson
Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807
by Donald G. Shomette
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills
edited by David Wescott
Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skills
edited by David Wescott
The Sibley Guide to Birds
by David Allen Sibley
For Kids
Ages 14+
- The Sense of Wonder, by Rachel Carson
- Journey to the Heart of Nature, by Joseph Cornell
- A Child’s Garden, by Molly Dannenmaier
Ages 6-14
- The Secret Garden, by Corinne Demas Bliss (ages 6-10)
- Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen (ages 10-14)
- My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George (ages 10-14)
- Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George (ages 10+)
- The Magic School Bus (series), by Joanna Cole (ages 6-10)
- The River Ran Wild, Lynne Cherry (ages 8-14)
Ages 3-8
- Baby Animals, by Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrated by Susan Jeffers (ages 3-6)
- The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss (ages 6-8)
- A Very Busy Spider, by Eric Carle (ages 4-8)
- Welcome to the Greenhouse, by Jane Yolen (ages 4-8)
- Growing Vegetable Soup, by Lois Ehlert (ages 3-6)
- The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter (ages 3-7)